It's more like 10-15% are aggressively pro-this or anti-that.
The remaining 70-80% of the population doesn't care all that much either way, and just wants to live their lives in relative comfort.
I don't think there is a need to speculate on whether or not Musk's flip-flop of his political orientation is good for Tesla or not. I think Tesla's sales trends in US, EU, and Asia speak for themselves.
It's good for consumers shopping for used Teslas.
It's terrible for consumers who already own Teslas, or are interested in buying new EVs. Thus the additional hadicap on new Tesla vehicle sales.
If you look at Tesla's overall sales and revenue trends, especially overseas (I doubt EU and Asian customers give two sh*ts about Cali factory drama), the inflection point was 1Q'24 reporting time frame. So the trigger event(-s) hit around 4Q'23 calendar.
Long after Covid, and long before Musk's involvement in the current administration and Nazi salutes. 1Q'25 was the worst revenue and sales drop, by far, but the trend started earlier.
So other events are likely to be key causal factors.
I don't really care what those are, and don't care enough about Musk to bother researching or forming theories.
It is what it is:
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Tesla has been aggressively manipulating pricing (up and down) for years, to adjust demand to its supply capacity. It's a smart product marketing strategy, but does come at the expense of increased used-car vehicle value uncertainty. Which pissed off the rental companies (remember Hertz giving up on Teslas in its rental fleet?).
I'm not sure what that has to do with this conversation.
Musk has publicly all but given up on TSLA as a car company, and is now pitching it as a manufacturer or FSD software (massive fail), robots (future TBD), and remote-operated "cyber"-taxis (likely B.S.).
How long he succeeds in inflating TSLA valuation bubble is not known, but when that bubble bursts, it will be a massive cluster f*ck.
None of the above helps with new Tesla vehicle sales.
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P.S.: I no longer own TSLA stock, but do still own one Tesla car. It's a great commuter/winter beater.