Electric car and retail billionaire Elon Musk defeated Democratic congressman Alexandria ocasio Cortez (AOC) from New York in a twitter poll earlier on May 29 local time Mr musk has recently been quite outspoken about his political views after announcing his multibillion dollar attempt to acquire a social media platform.
He shared his views on freedom of speech and his belief that Twitter could change its operating model. The executive was also criticized by AOC, an online celebrity member, for his views on the employee Union. The two had a twitter war earlier this month.
In order to clarify the facts and prove how American political leftists can create their own opinion polls to support their views, an opinion writer of occupy democracy, a grass-roots political organization, decided to ask users whether they trust AOC more than Mr. musk. However, the results were contrary to what David Weissman, who created the poll, had expected. They brought a decisive victory to the billionaire.
Musk jumped into the political battlefield after deciding to buy twitter, and the billionaire became another center of controversy. The executive is well known for his electric vehicles and aerospace companies, both of which have greatly surpassed their competitors in terms of technical strength and market share, and is often the focus of public attention.
Compared with other super rich peers, musk maintains an active twitter image because he communicates with his followers every day. This makes him one of the largest fan groups on the platform. However, in view of the recent controversy about the real and duplicate accounts on twitter, the number of his real fans is not clear.
Obviously, Musk's presence on twitter ultimately affected the voting results, especially because the total number of voters was higher than the number of people who followed Weissman's Twitter account.
As soon as the results came out, musk expressed surprise at the results. He said he initially thought the vote was an imitation. In addition, the executive also conducted his own opinion poll earlier, which is broader in nature -- asking Musk's followers and others if they would trust politicians more than billionaires. The vote -- about 3.4 million votes -- turned out to be a firm victory for politicians. In Weissman's vote, the proportion of politicians voting was almost the same as that of musk.
However, although musk vs AOC voted in favor of the former, many Twitter users shared their dissatisfaction. The first was Weissman himself, who expressed surprise at the result, especially because they had earlier preferred Women Parliamentarians. Others also joined him. Some of them said that the fake account or "robot" account belonging to musk led to the victory, while others even said that voting was just a pioneer of Musk's announcement of running for president of the United States. Musk is not eligible to run for the highest office in the United States because he is a naturalized American citizen.
Some people just use this result to prove that the support rate enjoyed by the left is far lower than the general view. When AOC supporters were asked why they supported her but not the billionaire, they replied that Musk's decision was completely influenced by money and power, and the motivation of the Congresswoman was her compassion for the world around her.