Most registered voters in Georgia disapprove of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s role in government and cuts carried out by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to a new poll.
In the poll from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 56.1 percent of the respondents said that they either “strongly disapprove” or “somewhat disapprove” of “Elon Musk playing a prominent role in the Trump administration.”
Just over 40 percent said they either “somewhat approve” or “strongly approve” of Musk playing a prominent role in the Trump administration.
The poll also found chilly feelings toward DOGE’s cuts to the federal government among Peach State voters.
Over half, 51.5 percent of respondents, said they either “strongly disapprove” or “somewhat disapprove” when it comes to DOGE’s approach to shrinking the size of the federal government, compared to about 42 percent who said that they either “strongly approve” or “somewhat approve” of its work.
Last week, Musk referred to his first 100 days in the White House as “intense,” after President Trump announced the billionaire would be stepping back from his government work and spending more time at his EV company Tesla.
“It’s just been a very intense 100 days, where at times I was here full-time. So, at the beginning, I was here in D.C. seven days a week for some of the weeks in the beginning, or close to seven days a week,” Musk said last Wednesday.
“And now we’re getting more of a rhythm, and so the amount of time that is necessary for me to spend here is much less,” he continued.
DOGE’s sweeping cuts to federal agencies have drawn a fierce backlash from Democrats and a barrage of legal challenges that are still playing out.
Among its most high-profile targets were USAID, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and National Institutes of Health research funding.
Critics have also raised alarm over DOGE staffers gaining access to sensitive private information through the Social Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service and other agencies.
The Journal-Constitution poll took place from April 15 to 24, with 1,000 registered voters being surveyed and plus or minus 3.1 percentage points as its margin of error.
Georgia has become a key swing state in recent election cycles, with two Democrats in the Senate and a popular Republican governor. Trump beat Vice President Harris by more than two points in the 2024 election, after narrowly losing to former President Biden in 2020.
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