Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, conducted a “super unscientific” poll on his social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), where former US President Donald Trump decisively defeated his Democratic challenger, Kamala Harris, for the upcoming November election.
Vice President Harris accepted her party’s official nomination in August after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race. She subsequently chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate.
Musk ran his own, smaller election on X on Tuesday.
“Since a lot of people have asked, here goes a super unscientific poll,” the billionaire posted on his account.
According to the results as of Wednesday, out of 5.8 million votes, nearly three-quarters would choose Trump in November, while over a quarter would vote for Harris.
Earlier this month, the Republican nominee told Reuters that he would consider Musk for a role in his administration, when asked if he would appoint Musk to an advisory or cabinet position. “If he would do it, I certainly would. He’s a brilliant guy,” he said.
Musk responded later on X, writing that he is “willing to serve.”
Last week, Elon Musk interviewed former US President Donald Trump on Spaces. They engaged in what Musk described as an “unscripted” dialogue with “no limits”; the interview has amassed over 275 million views to date.
Trump referred to Harris as “third rate,” “incompetent” and a “left lunatic” during the conversation. The Harris campaign issued a strong response to Trump’s two-hour Musk interview, condemning the Republican candidate’s “extremism and dangerous agenda.” She also criticized “self-obsessed rich guys who cannot run a livestream in the year 2024” as the talk was plagued by technical issues. According to Musk, the stream was targeted by a large-scale DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack, leading to technical difficulties.
According to a set of polling averages published by The New York Times, as of Wednesday, Harris holds a two-percent lead over Trump in two swing states: Wisconsin and Michigan. Meanwhile, Trump leads by four percent in Georgia, with both candidates roughly tied in Arizona and Pennsylvania, according to the newspaper’s poll aggregation data.