Why in God's good name would I care about Elon Muskrat's popularity among Democrats?
YOU might not. But I'm sure the politicians and bureaucrats who determine whether Musk's businesses continue getting billions in taxpayer funded subsidies would sure like to know if the public is behind continuing to do that. I for one would consider it a bonus if say, the Democrats won control in November, looked at the numbers and decided none of their supporters are behind Musk, determined he's been playing fast and loose using taxpayer dollars to fund pushing his own political agenda, and turned off the free ride.
Since when do his enablers in government give one single flying fuck what the People think?
They don't. But if they already have it in for someone, which the Democrats in Congress almost certainly do right now, public opinion can give them a cover to act.
It's certainly not for our benefit, but if one group of shitlords wants to take another shitlord down a few pegs, I'm certainly going to enjoy the show.
I'm surprised it's not a negative number.
That would require all democrats and at least some republicans to have a negative view
We cannot explain why it's this high
Sure we can. Given the choice, a small percentage of people in a poll will always pick the worst answer. Is Hitler still alive, living in Argentina, and I want to give him a real nice blow job? 5% say yes, yes, and yes.
So you're saying it's in the margin of error? Lol
I can only see 'being a billionaire' as 'stealing from the population at large'. So you're saying the biggest thief of society is still popular among 6% of democrats.
Who are the 6% that identify as Democrats?
Why are we doing popularity polls on billionares? Unless he’s running for office the default for all normal Americans should just be eat the rich.
Well Taylor Swift is now a billionaire and she popular af.
Emo:
Poll of whom, you ask?
Interviews: 1,000 Registered Voters, including 870 respondents interviewed via cellphone. Date: September 13-17, 2024
They obviously don't poll those of us who don't answer calls from numbers we don't recognize.
And don't return sketchy voicemails. We Olde learned this in the days of "Caller ID" as an extra paid service.
So you're saying those numbers could be lower? Lower indeed. Maybe into the negative.
the numbers are cartoonish.
if he starts painting his face and saying 'you're fired'. look out 6%
I sure fucking hope it's not 94% for Republicans.
Probably higher.
he was always a terrible person even when he was "that nerd who goes on big bang theory" but let's face it. his popularity is lower with more people than just democrats.
Concerning!
Christ, he's ACTUALLY managed to hit the Lizardman Constant with the dems.
Now hit it with the Repubs too. Come on Trump. You wanna turn on your ally. You wanna turn on your ally and throw him to your cult soooooo badly. It'll be really funny I promise
Trump is easy to manipulate. Go on Truth Social, astroturf the shit out of the idea that Musk is going to backstab Trump. Sit back and enjoy the show.
Many many people are saying it. Trump would have won if Musky Leon actually was a man of his word and ran those Trump ads on X. He promised $45 million of ads during the RNC, but Leon ended up just charging $45 million for the first ad.
6% is waaay too high
Thats fine, I'm sure Republicans will start buying EVs any day now
The next tesla model will have a coal oven inside it. Will still run on electricity, the oven is just in there so you can do some pollution too. The main factor in making the electric part palpable to republicans will be telling them how brown people are being exploited to get the materials for the batteries out of the ground.
Nah, it will be worse. Tesla will start selling a hybrid model with a generator onboard that can charge the battery as you go. That generator will be designed to be fueled by ground-up burning tires, unrecycleable plastic, and human hair. .
Big if true!
And yet we are supporting his monopoly on smart electric vehicles with tariffs.
ONLY?!
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