Roughly half of American voters are open to joining a third party outside the Republican and Democratic duopoly — but aren’t fond of the one created by tech mogul Elon Musk, a startling new poll found ...

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Building a new political party to rival the Democrats and Republicans is enormously difficult and expensive. Small wonder it hasn’t been done. By Reid J. Epstein and Theodore Schleifer Reporting from ...

In 1992, Ross Perot — a billionaire frustrated with America’s ballooning budget deficits and fed up with its two-party system — ran for president as an independent. He won 19% of the vote against the ...

A near record-high share of Americans favor a third political party, according to a new Gallup poll. But, few say they are very likely to vote for a third party candidate. Photo from Kelly Sikkema, ...

Elon Musk has announced he is forming a new political party, and he did it the day after President Donald Trump signed the megabill that the pair have publicly sparred over for weeks. The billionaire ...

Although there are plenty of obstacles, the conditions for a successful challenge to the two major parties could be coming into place. By Nate Cohn Of all of Elon Musk’s explosive X posts last week ...

Americans are entrenched into their partisan corners, but the party lines keep moving in weird new ways. Republicans who grew up in the Grand Old Party might not recognize a party overtaken by the ...

Several substantial new public opinion polls show how similarly and negatively the public views the Republican and Democratic parties. This sea of negativity would seem to suggest that conditions are ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Money wouldn't be a problem for Elon Musk in his quest to build a new national political party. But even for the world's richest man ‒ who has sent rocket ships to space and owns his own ...

Might it finally be time for a broad-based American third political party? That’s a risky thought, looking at the wildly successful history of the U.S. two-party system, which has brought ...