Column: Elon Musk’s America Party is a long shot

Column: Elon Musk’s America Party is a long shot

“Today, America Party is formed to bring you your freedom back,” Elon Musk declared on his social platform on Social, X (former Twitter).

Another billionaire quickly responded to his social social platform, “I was sad to see Elon Musk perfectly ‘from the last five weeks on Sunday night.” However, they did not succeed in the United States. “

If I had to think about, Elon Musk’s America Party Load. I’m not surprised if he hasn’t filed the required paperwork – the amount too much can be seen from space. And that’s just one of Scary problems faced with third parties.

However Trump is wrong. He, after all, the head of the most successful third party in American history. The Republican Party was born in Ripon, WIS. Four years after that, Abraham Lincoln became the first president of the Republican, and soon the whigs lasted the dinosaurs. But outside of that, lasting success – when measured by taking the White House or a primary force above one election cycle or two – the record of third parties is not good. The main reason for this structure. Our first past posting system for declaring a winner makes third party voting as a wasted vote.

But that is not what third parties mean. Teddy Roosevelt’s 1912 Bull Moose Party Split the Republicans and put Woodrow Wilson (the worst president of the 20th century) in the office. People still debate when Ross Perot reform reforms the reelection of 1992 George Hw Bush Bush Bush; Ralph Nader’s 2000 Green Party Party nearly real cost Al Gore Florida, and therefore the Electoral College and the Presidency.

So the political historian Richard Hofstadter is the great judge of third parties endured: “The third parties like bees: they die.”

Musk is not supposed to replay Paper to Perot, even if the description of the description “wrong billionaire is the same.” As an immigrant, Musk cannot run for the president himself, as Perot did. These things are because if musk is serious about America party, he should seek quality candidates to bring its flag. Because of his poisoning of Democrats, and Trump’s continued efforts to suffer him, to be difficult.

Success in the middle of the 19th century what a larger NEW The Party came from separating whigs due to slavery, and slavery was the important issue of times. The country requires an antiest party. Republican party was created to meet the market demand.

You can say like 2025; The demand there. Most Americans have want A third party for several decades. But desire is not enough. Success of a third party defines specified issues. Is it or against abortion rights? Does it see debt and disability like musk to (and do me too) or as Bernie Sanders do? We don’t know the details, or if America Party gets even more.

Musk shows that the country is less divided into issues than parties and media to believe us. I think something is that. Severe partisan polarization in the last quarter-century was driven less by ideological commitment than tribulating Republicans and democrats for other party. If the Presidents change their party policy conditions, most parties change them. For example, Trump changed the position of the commodity’s GOP, and previously pro-trade Republicans drove him. And in a sense is that there are Democrats, even in the opposite direction. If Trump for something, many Ematocrat suddenly disobeyed it.

Hyperpartisans want hyperpartitanship. But theory of musk is that there is a middle 60% or 70% sufficient hyperpartitanship disease to prevent their thumbs in the eyes of both parties.

That’s where I’m skeptical. However the musk strategy to test the suggestion seems right. He says America party will concentrate “in 2 or 3 seats in Senate and 8 to 10 House Districts.” Given the less narrow margins of Congress, if the contests are damaged for the musk that can adequately change political dynamics in two houses.

If the decisive votes for the law held by the American Party members, translated by many power to wrap the law. Forcing Congress to get back to the business of crossing party lines to form factional coalitions a healthy prosperity.

Once again, real issues are very important, such as musk’s ability to use his or her hostility to organize the party structure. But the popular dissatisfaction with Democrats and Republicans is better, firing each other can work for adequate candidates.

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