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Musk fairly recently "switched sides" to be republican, presumably trying to pick up a new truck-centric user base in the US south. Unfortunately, these figure
by londons_explore 2y ago
Musk fairly recently "switched sides" to be republican, presumably trying to pick up a new truck-centric user base in the US south.
Unfortunately, these figures show it backfired badly. He has alienated his mostly left-leaning fanbase, whilst seemingly failing to drum up any new buyers from the new crowd.
- tommiegannert 2y agoCar buyers in the US buy cars based on their knowledge of the business owner's political leanings? That seems like the wrong metric.
- potato3732842 2y agoOnce you get high up in the market signaling starts to matter a lot. A lot of people have a Toyota Tacoma and a commuter sedan in their driveway because they didn't like the image of daily driving an F150 despite the latter yielding comparable results for less hassle (and probably less money).
- ojhughes 2y ago> Once you get high up in the market signaling starts to matter a lot. This just sounds so alien to me, does anybody really care that much?
- potato3732842 2y agoNot if you phrase it like that they don't but the ways people justify their purchases make it obvious.
- yongjik 2y agoWhen was the last time you heard news about political opinions of the owner of Ford, BMW, or Honda? Musk is an exception.