▲ 657 ▼ Two-thirds of Americans now say they wouldn’t drive a Tesla — and most of them cite Elon Musk as the reason why, according to a new poll (www.yahoo.com) submitted 1 year ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/politics@lemmy.world 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GTKashi@lemmy.world 110 points 1 year ago (3 children) Feels like every survey in the last 12 years is 67% of people claim to be not crazy and 33% people are psychotic. Except for voting, apparently. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] takeda@lemm.ee 44 points 1 year ago (2 children) More and more things point that election was actually stolen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 28 points 1 year ago Like Trump saying Elon knows the vote counting computers better than anyone causing a victory in Pennsylvania. Before his inauguration mind you. Should have immediately caused a recount because now it's probably too late. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) It doesn't actually matter. It should have been a landslide in favour of Harris, and if there was cheating it would have just reduced her margin of victory. The fact it was close enough to work (if it occurred) is an indictment of a significant proportion of the population. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flisty@mstdn.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) @Boddhisatva @vividspecter there was massive voter suppression this election. It's been mounting for ages but even worse this time. Loads of mail-ins chucked out; bomb threats; voter roll purges. A lot of people tried to vote (or even now, think they did) but were turned away or their votes weren't counted. Even on those numbers, things look sticky for Trump. https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mellibird@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago This was the first election, since I came of voting age, that I didn't receive a voting pamphlet that told me about all the individuals running and where my voting site was. I had to go out of my way to look up my county's ballot measures and to find my voting location. To say I extremely upset about this, is an understatement. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago Which actually makes this poll much, much worse for Elon. You're right that a lot of that 33% saying "Yeah I'd totally buy a Tesla" are probably the MAGA cult who've downloaded the latest instruction set and are now responding as programmed. Which means a lot of those people live in areas that Tesla has previously underserved (because red voters were actively antagonistic to electric cars and their infrastructure), meaning have no infrastructure there; no dealerships, no charging stations. You can't take a Tesla to a regular mechanic, and charging stations are a real problem when you live in flyover country where everything is 200km from everything, at a minimum. Most of the people who now support Elon because he's "hurting the right people" probably have no ability to actually use his products. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chakan2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago That's how the polls went too...the votes didn't come out that way for some mysterious reason. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] takeda@lemm.ee 44 points 1 year ago (2 children) More and more things point that election was actually stolen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 28 points 1 year ago Like Trump saying Elon knows the vote counting computers better than anyone causing a victory in Pennsylvania. Before his inauguration mind you. Should have immediately caused a recount because now it's probably too late. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) It doesn't actually matter. It should have been a landslide in favour of Harris, and if there was cheating it would have just reduced her margin of victory. The fact it was close enough to work (if it occurred) is an indictment of a significant proportion of the population. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flisty@mstdn.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) @Boddhisatva @vividspecter there was massive voter suppression this election. It's been mounting for ages but even worse this time. Loads of mail-ins chucked out; bomb threats; voter roll purges. A lot of people tried to vote (or even now, think they did) but were turned away or their votes weren't counted. Even on those numbers, things look sticky for Trump. https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mellibird@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago This was the first election, since I came of voting age, that I didn't receive a voting pamphlet that told me about all the individuals running and where my voting site was. I had to go out of my way to look up my county's ballot measures and to find my voting location. To say I extremely upset about this, is an understatement. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 28 points 1 year ago Like Trump saying Elon knows the vote counting computers better than anyone causing a victory in Pennsylvania. Before his inauguration mind you. Should have immediately caused a recount because now it's probably too late. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) It doesn't actually matter. It should have been a landslide in favour of Harris, and if there was cheating it would have just reduced her margin of victory. The fact it was close enough to work (if it occurred) is an indictment of a significant proportion of the population. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flisty@mstdn.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) @Boddhisatva @vividspecter there was massive voter suppression this election. It's been mounting for ages but even worse this time. Loads of mail-ins chucked out; bomb threats; voter roll purges. A lot of people tried to vote (or even now, think they did) but were turned away or their votes weren't counted. Even on those numbers, things look sticky for Trump. https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mellibird@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago This was the first election, since I came of voting age, that I didn't receive a voting pamphlet that told me about all the individuals running and where my voting site was. I had to go out of my way to look up my county's ballot measures and to find my voting location. To say I extremely upset about this, is an understatement. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flisty@mstdn.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) @Boddhisatva @vividspecter there was massive voter suppression this election. It's been mounting for ages but even worse this time. Loads of mail-ins chucked out; bomb threats; voter roll purges. A lot of people tried to vote (or even now, think they did) but were turned away or their votes weren't counted. Even on those numbers, things look sticky for Trump. https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mellibird@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago This was the first election, since I came of voting age, that I didn't receive a voting pamphlet that told me about all the individuals running and where my voting site was. I had to go out of my way to look up my county's ballot measures and to find my voting location. To say I extremely upset about this, is an understatement. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flisty@mstdn.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) @Boddhisatva @vividspecter there was massive voter suppression this election. It's been mounting for ages but even worse this time. Loads of mail-ins chucked out; bomb threats; voter roll purges. A lot of people tried to vote (or even now, think they did) but were turned away or their votes weren't counted. Even on those numbers, things look sticky for Trump. https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mellibird@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago This was the first election, since I came of voting age, that I didn't receive a voting pamphlet that told me about all the individuals running and where my voting site was. I had to go out of my way to look up my county's ballot measures and to find my voting location. To say I extremely upset about this, is an understatement. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mellibird@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago This was the first election, since I came of voting age, that I didn't receive a voting pamphlet that told me about all the individuals running and where my voting site was. I had to go out of my way to look up my county's ballot measures and to find my voting location. To say I extremely upset about this, is an understatement. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago Which actually makes this poll much, much worse for Elon. You're right that a lot of that 33% saying "Yeah I'd totally buy a Tesla" are probably the MAGA cult who've downloaded the latest instruction set and are now responding as programmed. Which means a lot of those people live in areas that Tesla has previously underserved (because red voters were actively antagonistic to electric cars and their infrastructure), meaning have no infrastructure there; no dealerships, no charging stations. You can't take a Tesla to a regular mechanic, and charging stations are a real problem when you live in flyover country where everything is 200km from everything, at a minimum. Most of the people who now support Elon because he's "hurting the right people" probably have no ability to actually use his products. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago That's how the polls went too...the votes didn't come out that way for some mysterious reason. permalink fedilink source parent