CNN’s chief knowledge analyst Harry Enten on Wednesday revealed how Elon Musk’s gross unpopularity might have contributed to his determination to attract again on his political spending.
“How unpopular is he? How low can you go?” Enten mentioned of the billionaire, whose marketing campaign to slash the federal authorities has been a key part — up to now — of President Donald Trump’s chaotic second time period.
Enten famous that Musk’s web favorability score with Americans in 2017 reached +24 share factors, per Ipsos polling.
Now, as Musk plans to step again from his function within the Trump administration, that determine has cratered to -19 share factors.
The shift in Musk’s web favorability score was worse amongst Democrats, in line with Enten’s evaluation, because the determine was at +35 share factors in 2017 and, within the time since, has dropped to -91 share factors.
“You can’t really go lower than that, I guess you could go down to -100 points. But he became political kryptonite,” mentioned Enten of Musk.
After recognizing how Musk’s “political kryptonite” has additionally impacted Tesla — which is reportedly looking for a Musk successor to function the corporate’s CEO following a decline in income through the first quarter — Enten turned to how Trump has shifted his strategy to the billionaire.
Between his first day in workplace again in January and April 4, Enten famous that Trump “loved talking” in regards to the billionaire on his Truth Social platform, posting about him on roughly 40 events.
From April 5 onward, nonetheless, he’s made 0 posts about Musk.
“Donald Trump knows brands very well. He knows political brands, and he knows Elon Musk’s political brand’s time had run out, and therefore, Elon Musk is taking a step back from politics,” Enten mentioned.
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