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The country isn’t really 50/50 conservative and not conservative. The voting public is at some closer ratio to parity, but half the population doesn’t vote. I
by MarkMarine 4y ago
The country isn’t really 50/50 conservative and not conservative. The voting public is at some closer ratio to parity, but half the population doesn’t vote.
I think ford rolling out the electric F-150 will do way way more to move the conservative world toward electric vehicles than Elon posting memes on Twitter. Eventually someone they know will be talking about the low maintenance and good features, and no one likes high gas prices.
As a Tesla owner, I’m not buying a second one, but it has nothing to do with politics. The promised features of the car haven’t materialized and other manufacturers are much closer to the type of self driving that matters to me, hands off the wheel, I can do something else when I’m in traffic jams. That said, none of my friends who are proud conservatives would ever buy a Tesla, they revile the brand. Someone (liberal) in my family pointed to Elon’s antics as the reason they chose a mustang e. If he’s a genius at social engineering Tesla into the conservative brain, I haven’t seen any results in my little slice of the world. Not sure what’s happening in the rest.
- hunter-gatherer 4y agoStrange. Where are you all located? I'm in a conservative state, and I don't hear any anymosity against Tesla vehicles. The only gripes I get from all the conservatives I know about Tesla vehicles is that they cost too much for them.
- epgui 4y agoFWIW and anecdotally, I'm in Canada and while I'm seeing a tremendous explosion of Tesla vehicles on the road, at least 80% of the people I speak to seem to think Elon is the devil incarnate. (I 100% agree that he should be criticized for a lot of things, but nuance is not trending apparently.)
- MarkMarine 4y agoCalifornia, but I have friends spread over the country, former Marine buddies.