Elon Musk Has Made X More Right-Leaning, Study Shows
- Many more Republicans agree X is ‘mostly good’ for democracy
- Musk has courted right-leaning politicians, leaders on X
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Elon Musk’s X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, has become more popular with conservative users and those who identify with the political right since Musk’s takeover in late 2022, according to a new Pew Research Center report.
The percentage of Republican users who think X is “mostly good” for American democracy has more than tripled since Musk purchased the site in October 2022. The year before Musk’s takeover, in 2021, only 17% of users who identified as Republicans believed the site was good for democracy. Now, after Musk has platformed and amplified right-leaning leaders and viewpoints, that figure has jumped to 53%, according to a Pew Research Center survey of more than 10,200 US adults conducted in March of this year and released on Wednesday.