Elon Musk is well under water in the public opinions of his work for President Donald Trump, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos survey.
Thirty -five percent of Americans said they approve their job performance for the Trump administration, while 57% said they disapprove, approximately at the same time with the qualifications for the president himself.
The resistance to the Trump administration cuts to the Federal Government, headed by Musk through their work in the government’s efficiency department, are at the root of their negative grades in the ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos survey published on Monday.
As reported on Sunday, 56% said they believe that Trump is going too far to fire federal workers, an effort led by Musk and, like many, 57% said they believe that Trump is going too far in the closing of federal agencies.
Elon Musk listens to President Donald Trump speaks at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on February 11, 2025.
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Among people who think that layoffs go too far, musk has a sad rating of 6% -89%, approve -Dispave. That compares with 72% -16% among those who say that the level of layoffs is correct or has not gone far enough.
Other cuts are even less popular.
Sixty -six percent of respondents said they oppose the Department of Education, and 77% said they oppose the reduction of federal financing for medical research. Again, those who oppose such courts have a faint vision of Musk’s work.
Musk work perceptions are also related to opinions on waste in the federal government. Forty -three percent said he believes that the waste has decreased since Trump assumed the position, and Musk has an approval of 67% -26% among the members of this group.
However, for those who do not see a reduction in waste, it is 10%-82%, approve-DISAPPROVE. Fraud perceptions follow a similar pattern. Musk makes it better with those who said they believe that fraud in government has decreased but much worse with the majority (67%) who said they have not done so.
Party is a related factor in this survey, produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates With field work by Ipsos.
In this archive photo of March 11, 2025, President Donald Trump, accompanied by the main advisor of the White House, the CEO of Tesla and Spacex, Elon Musk, and his son, speaks next to a Tesla Model and, a cyber truck and a model s in the southern house of the White House in Washington, DC, DC.
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Only 4% of the Democrats said they approve Musk’s work, precisely the same as Trump’s approval in this group. Only 32% of the independents said they approve it. These are compared to an approval index of 73% for Musk among Republicans, following 83% of Trump.
The results also show how Musk’s popularity is linked to Trump, whose popularity is the lowest for any president in the 100 -day brand in the data available since 1945.
The eighty percent of those who said they approve the way Trump is handling his work also approves the way Musk is handling his. Among those who disapprove of Trump’s performance, 5% said they approve Musk’s.
Tesla reported last week that its total income decreased by 9% compared to the previous year and its profits decreased by 71% during the first three months of this year.
In an investor call this month, Musk said he would reduce his role from the government in the coming months.
Musk approval between groups
ABC News / Washington Post / Ipsos Survey
METHODOLOGY:/B> This ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos survey was carried out online through the probability Ipsos KnowledgePanel® from April 18 to 22, 2025, in English and Spanish, between a random national sample of 2,464 adults. Party divisions are 30%-30%-29%, indicators of democrats-republican.
The results have an error margin of more or less 2 percentage points, including the design effect. Error margins are larger for subgroups. The sampling error is not the only source of differences in surveys.
The survey was produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associateswith sampling and collection of data by Ipsos. See the details about the ABC news survey methodology here.
