Republicans’ antipathy for electric vehicles may be easing as the 2024 election retreats into the rearview mirror, according to a new poll.
The annual poll, conducted in November and released Monday, also found that Democrats remain angry at Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the billionaire’s stint in the Trump administration — a troubling sign for the electric automaker’s sales.
The poll of 600 voters was conducted by Hill Research Consultants on behalf of the American EV Jobs Alliance and EVs for All America, two organizations run by Mike Murphy, a longtime GOP operative and pollster who now focuses on overcoming Republican resistance to EVs.
The survey aims to assess voters’ attitudes toward EVs and the automakers that make them. It focused on voters in households with incomes of more than $50,000, in order to capture the views of those who might be able to afford a new car.
