First results back from YouGov (n=2392 US adults). Widespread distrust of Elon Musk. Considerable majorities of voters absolutely hate this. - ThreadSky

jlray.bsky.social • 18 days ago

First results back from YouGov (n=2392 US adults). Widespread distrust of Elon Musk. Considerable majorities of voters absolutely hate this.

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geminidrgn.bsky.social•18 days ago

pondering if "Should Elon Musk be dragged into the street by an angry mob" would clear a majority yet

joesimons.bsky.social•18 days ago

Having an extreme response option as the modal response is... unusual, right?

ssmithnyc.bsky.social•18 days ago

Thought the numbers would be worse honestly.

spiritequality.bsky.social•18 days ago

It’s only been a few weeks. Lots of people are too busy surviving to keep up with the news.

ssmithnyc.bsky.social•18 days ago

True. Polls are lagging indicators. This will be much worse in a week.

various-threnodies.bsky.social•18 days ago

It's a big drop from the immediate post-election poll they took on the same.

booond.bsky.social•18 days ago

Those numbers won't get any better

bubbling-creek.bsky.social•18 days ago

these are leading questions though, i wouldn't infer that a majority of voters hate it. i wonder what response you'd get for the (even worse) "Do you support Elon Musk cutting wasteful government spending?"

jlray.bsky.social•18 days ago

That's an extremely leading question you just posed. Obviously presupposes the unconstitutional cuts are "wasteful." Do not try to tell people who do this job how to do it. You are not good at it.

bubbling-creek.bsky.social•18 days ago

yes that's what I meant by "even worse", it's an even worse leading question

jlray.bsky.social•18 days ago

These aren't leading questions. I know this job better than you.

bubbling-creek.bsky.social•18 days ago

Definitely not an expert, just idle thoughts! But I feel like these questions are importantly different than something like "Do you support Elon Musk's spending cuts as part of DOGE", in that they all highlight negatives

bubbling-creek.bsky.social•18 days ago

the first one's the bet but it's still, like, do you 'trust' him (maybe he isnt trustworthy), 'congressionally approved' (he's overruling congress!), 'manage sensitive data' suggests he's invading privacy, and the third one directly mentions a negative, 'conflicts of interest'