The CEO of Spacex, Elon Musk, attends a cabinet meeting held by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, at the White House on March 24, 2025.
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The broad public and investors have something in common these days: they also have much love for Tesla or Ceo Elon Musk.
Tesla’s shares have undergone a sales sale, and the CNBC All-America economic survey find that more than 47% of the public has a negative vision of the company. Another 27% is positive in the electric vehicle manufacturer, while 24% is neutral. Compared to a third of the public that has a positive vision of General Motors With 51% neutral and 10% negative.
Tesla has been under pressure with the concern that the controversial political activities of its founder by reducing the employment of the government and supporting President Donald Trump and the Republicans could be alienating the possible buyers. The protests have emerged throughout the country in the offices of Tesla.
The survey found that Musk was a figure of Gran Polia. Half of the public has a negative vision of Musk, compared to 36% who see it positively and 16% that are neutral. Among the Democrats, the net approval of Musk (positive less negative) is -82 and -49 for independents. The respondents of the Republican Party are +56.
The biggest problem for Tesla may be that many groups that are potential clients are much more positive about electric vehicles than about the company.
“Where Tesla is stronger is one of the less likely people to buy an EV,” said Micah Roberts, a partner of Public Opinion Strategies, the republican pollster of the survey.
In general, 35% of Americans are negative in EVs and 33% are positive. Men, however, are +11 in net approval or EV but are uniformly divided into Tesla. Young people between 18 and 34 have +19 in EV but -23 in Tesla. The gap is more marked among the Democrats, who are +20 in EV but -74 in Tesla.
To further complicate the problem: Republicans are very positive in Tesla, but negative in EVs.
The survey of 1,000 people throughout the country was held from April 9 to April 13 and has a margin of error or +/- 3.1%.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comments.