GOP support for Musk influence with Trump falls dramatically: Poll
(The Hill) he share of Republicans who say they want tech billionaire Elon Musk to have significant influence in the Trump administration has fallen substantially in the months since President Trump was elected.
In The Economist/YouGov poll taken in the days after the November 2024 election, 47 percent of surveyed Republicans said they wanted Musk to have a lot of influence in the Trump administration, while 29 percent wanted a little and 12 percent wanted him to have none at all.
Today, however, the share of Republicans who say they want Musk to have a lot of influence has fallen substantially to 26 percent. Meanwhile, 43 percent of Republican respondents say they want Musk to have a little influence, and 17 percent say they want him to have none at all, according to the latest poll from The Economist/YouGov released Wednesday.
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