Elon Musk is viewed unfavorably by 60% of U.S. adults while his work with the Department of Government Efficiency is disapproved by 58%, according to a new poll from Marquette Law School.
The poll comes as Musk-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel lost to Susan Crawford on Tuesday night in an election that kept the state court with a liberal majority.
The poll showed President Donald Trump’s overall policies are more favorable than Musk with Trump’s job approval rate at 46% with 52% disapproving. Republicans support Trump’s policies with 87% support compared to 89% in January.
The survey asked questions to 1,021 adults nationwide between March 17-27.
The survey again showed that support for Trump’s tariffs were lower than overall support for his policies with 28% believing the tariffs will help the U.S. economy and 58% believing it will hurt the economy. Most adults, 58%, believe that Trump’s policies will increase inflation while 30% believe it will decrease inflation.
Sixty-five percent of adults believe the number of immigrants crossing the border has decreased since December and 68% of those polled favor deporting immigrants who are in the country illegally.
Adults were evenly split on whether they favor ending diversity, equity and inclusion policies while 73% agree with making English the official language of the U.S.
Making Canada the 51st U.S. state was opposed by 75% of those polled while 37% say the U.S. is giving too much support to Ukraine and 33% say the country is giving too little to Ukraine.
