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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Elon Musk voted least liked public figure in Gallup poll

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:00.0

So are you telling me that Elon Musk is the most disliked public figure in America, according to a poll?

0:06.4

I'm not telling you that. That's what the Gallup poll conducted. They said that. Those were their findings.

0:12.8

61% of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of Elon Musk.

0:17.0

Okay. So Gallup did a poll. They didn't ask like, do you dislike Elon Musk more than any of their public figure in America? But by score, the most amount of negatives, he would win in that category.

0:31.6

Yeah. Okay. Only 33% view him positively, is 6% had no opinion. how can you have no opinion i don't know well

0:39.3

all right so how does Elon Musk really i mean if we look at this and our audience look at this because

0:45.4

they're into the news they follow what's going on with politics with their government in society so of course

0:51.2

you're going to know who he is. But how does Elon Musk directly?

0:56.7

Now, obviously, the government contracts, the things he's doing, the technology, it will

1:00.7

potentially eventually impact you in some shape, form or fashion. But in terms of your day-to-day

1:07.2

existence, what does Elon Musk really do that you would say that you would,

1:13.0

you would need a reason if you don't follow the news to think about him on a consistent basis.

1:16.3

You're right.

1:16.9

Probably not.

1:17.6

I mean, what does Musk do for you?

1:19.9

Well, not much now, especially since he's no longer with the Department of Government

1:23.8

Efficiency, right?

1:25.2

When he was working with Doge, that short-lived involvement in the Trump administration, you could say, hey, you know what, he's saving me money on some level. Right. But again, then you've got to follow the news and you've got to follow government. You've got to follow politics. And, you know, you always get those polls about people who can't identify their, you know, governors or senators or whatever.

1:49.8

And a lot of people, even people who know who he is, he's just some rich, eccentric guy who builds cars and rockets, right?

1:53.3

I just, I do find it interesting that he is, he had the highest negativity score

1:59.2

because I just don't, like like what is he really done that you

2:04.4

would say oh that's part of it too is and I blame this on the public education system well the

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