Mark Leibovich: MAGA Voters Are Not Buying Teslas

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LEIBOVICH: “I would argue that I don’t think Elon Musk’s attention to his day job is what’s driving this. I think a lot of it is, frankly, it’s perception. I mean, that’s what is at the root, certainly of the stock market, but also of consumer confidence and consumer choices. There is all this noise around Elon Musk as a cult of personality at this point. He’s a cult of personality, to some degree, within the MAGA world. But if you look at the demographics and the economic profiles of our — of, you know, certainly American citizens, you know, MAGA voters are not buying Teslas. These are, you know, people with much lower incomes and, frankly. Democratic voters in this current environment. I mean, there’s that right there. And plus, there’s all the perception of just, you know, people being nasty to Tesla owners and those — what’s the word, the truck thing? What do you call them? What's the — help me out here."