On "Forbes Newsroom," HarrisX Founder and CEO Dritan Nesho discussed a new Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll showing voters' attitudes towards Elon Musk and DOGE.
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00:00I want to talk about specific people in the administration.
00:05You're saying now, four months in, people have a much more favorable view of Doge than they did in the past.
00:12Elon Musk didn't have a good approval rating the past couple of months.
00:16He's seen as President Trump's one of his senior advisors.
00:19He's seen as the face of Doge.
00:21What do people think about him now?
00:22Is his approval still underwater?
00:24What does that look like?
00:25Well, Musk's approval is still underwater, and he did take a hit because of Doge and really how Doge started and started to do it.
00:37But it seems to be slowly rebounding.
00:41So at its first, Musk's approval was under by 12 points.
00:48And right now, it stands at 41% favorable, 49% unfavorable.
00:53So it's showing some signs of covering, especially as Doge has more to show for its initiatives.
01:04And in general, Trump has a flat approval rating, 47% favorable to 47% unfavorable.
01:15Some of the members of his administration, like Bobby Kennedy Jr., are seen very positively, 46% favorable, 37% unfavorable.
01:25So a plus nine difference in terms of a positive difference in terms of favorability.
01:31And also, Marco Rubio is viewed particularly favorably, 36% favorable, 32% unfavorable, with a net positive of 4%, and the rest still waiting to kind of make up their mind.
01:46So it's not a bad picture, right?
01:49And in some cases, it's a positive picture, especially for some of the secretaries in the administration.
01:56So it's not a bad picture, but it's a positive picture.