Elon Musk’s threat to start a third major political party has been met with widespread skepticism, as critics pointed to numerous failed bids over decades to disrupt America’s two-party system.
As billionaire Elon Musk feuds with President Trump over his signature tax and domestic policy legislation, Musk has reupped his calls to launch a new political party — a daunting task even for the wealthiest person on Earth.
Musk first floated launching a third party, dubbed the “America Party,” earlier this month, part of a nasty back-and-forth between the president and the Tesla CEO that marked the likely end of their political alliance. Musk raised the idea again this week as lawmakers raced to send the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to Mr. Trump’s desk — and this time, Musk put a time limit on the plan.
“Only the richest person in the world could make a serious effort at creating a new American political party,” Brett Kappel, a veteran election lawyer, told CBS News.
Navigating 50 different state laws — and federal rules
“Political parties are creatures of the states,” Kappel said.
Each state has different legal rules for recognizing which political parties can appear on the ballot, and those hurdles “range from high to extraordinarily difficult to overcome,” he noted. In some cases, a nascent state party may need to get candidates onto the ballot by submitting large numbers of signatures, and then win a certain percentage of the vote across election cycles.
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