(KRON) — In these divisive political occasions there may be apparently one factor Individuals on either side of the political spectrum can agree on: The don’t love Mark Zuckerberg. No less than, these are the findings of latest analysis from the Pew Analysis Middle printed this week.
Simply how a lot do Individuals dislike Zuckerberg? They like him even lower than the man who’s at the moment performing as an unelected official and within the phrases of Sen. Chuck Schumer, taking a “meat axe” to many widespread federal packages.
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Sure, we’re speaking about Elon Musk.
Friends together with Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, arrive earlier than the sixtieth Presidential Inauguration within the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Picture/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)
In accordance with Pew, opinions about Musk are as deeply polarized as the remainder of our politics are at the moment. Republicans, unsurprisingly, view him favorably. Democrats’ views of the Tesla CEO and X proprietor are largely unfavorable.
Damaging opinions of Meta CEO Zuckerberg are much less polarized with majorities in each events viewing him unfavorably.
That mentioned, Musk is not precisely widespread with Individuals. In accordance with Pew, greater than half of Individuals — 54% — have an unfavorable view of him. An additional 36% have a really unfavorable opinion of him.
Simply 4 in 10 Individuals — 42% — specific a good view of Musk with 11% holding a really favorable view of him. Regardless of these numbers, Musk is certainly profitable the recognition contest towards Zuckerberg.
In accordance with Pew, two-thirds of Individuals maintain an unfavorable view of the Meta CEO. One other 26% discover him very unfavorable. When it comes to Staff Zuck, solely 25% of Individuals maintain a good view of him and a meager 2% discover him very favorable.
Dislike of Zuckerberg is seemingly one of many final remaining bastions of bipartisanship with six-in-10 Republicans holding an unfavorable view of him and three-quarters of Democrats holding comparable views.
Zuckerberg, 40, lives in Palo Alto and his firm is headquartered in Menlo Park.
Pew performed the analysis between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2 of this 12 months.
