Summary

Multiple polls show that a significant portion of Americans oppose Elon Musk’s influence in government, particularly through DOGE.

A CBS/YouGov poll found that nearly half of respondents want Musk to have little or no influence, with opinions split along party lines.

Other polls from The Economist, Quinnipiac, and advocacy groups also reveal broad concerns over Musk’s power and lack of oversight.

Meanwhile, the White House continues to defend Musk and selectively highlight poll results that support Trump’s administration while ignoring criticism.

  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    You’re in for 4 awesome years of Musk in the gov, champs. But hey, you voted for it, so I don’t understand why are you now showing disagreement with what they told you they would do.

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      it would seem about 60-70% of americans never have any idea what’s really going on around here. you run into enough people who say shit like “i voted for trump but i’m going to vote against project 2025” that it’s just astounding. so now probably 10-20% of us are gearing up for a fight for survival while 25-35% of the populace have been geared up to be the modern day brownshirts carrying out the oncoming genocide. the remaining 45-65% are just rolling along like this is all perfectly acceptable normal politics. they’re acting like this is just the cost of doing business and it’s not their place to do or say anything.

      they’re who’s really responsible in all this. fuckers.

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        One comment I remember from right before the election was a person saying how their cashier said “well, anybody but Biden right?” and they were like “Biden…Biden isn’t running.”

        I don’t get it. I do not understand how people could be so blind to politics that they wouldn’t even know who’s running, but then I talk to real people and it’s like “oh.”

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            Right? To not get any news, even by accident, is wild. I know I’m in a position that sees it more, and it does rake some setup(an app or two with notifications does a lot of the heavy lifting) but I mean come on.

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              Ive met a couple folks who can do this, they just listen to music they have on their phone or whatever and do hobbies that dlnt require outside interaction. They are pretty much completely insular information wise and are usually a step behind for all news, they are also extremely vulnerable to right wing nonsense since they dont interact with any outside information on the regular.

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        I’m 100% certain that the “you” is directed at the republican voters. If you were one of them, then maybe the whole “Musk is going to be in charge of a new department and do all this crazy shit” somehow slipped by you, but it was definitely said very loudly.