Musk’s polls are drying up

Nate Silver’s dashboard shows that polling about Elon Musk has become much less frequent; the average will now be updated only when a new Musk poll appears. This drop in polling frequency is itself an empirical signal: when pollsters stop asking about a public figure, it often means reduced political salience or lower perceived news value, which can feed back on that figure’s ability to mobilize supporters or shape debates. — A declining poll cadence is a measurable early indicator that a formerly prominent actor is losing political/pubic influence and that media and political actors may reallocate attention and resources.