Elon Musk announced the launch of a new political organization, the “America Party,” in early July.
In a bold social media post, he wrote, “You want a new political party and you shall have it!” He added, “When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”
Musk said the America Party aims to be a serious alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties.
He stated that he may run candidates in “two to three Senate seats and up to 10 House districts.” According to Musk, this would be enough “to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws.”
Although support for an alternative party is consistently high in public opinion polls, political experts doubt its viability.
Bernard Tamas, political science professor at Valdosta State University, said, “At this moment in American politics, I see no evidence that you’re going to get another party winning seats in Congress and actually being able to have an impact in the government.”
Tamas noted that the two major parties have overwhelming structural advantages, according to the Guardian.
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