The American billionaire Elon Musk is convinced that he can split the two -party republicans and Democrats with a new party called America Party. In the past, in the past it has rarely failed in comparable experiments – but because of the American electoral system.
The political landscape in the United States is “not difficult to be honest,” the owner of Tesla Volke wrote on his online platform X. But how exactly the South African resident is proposing that this will remain his secret for the time being. It is only certain that huge obstacles will probably come to him – where the competition has been smashed so far.
Why does Musk do that?
With his American party, the billionaire mainly wants to irritate US President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Musk looks like the Republicans that they have been called “Big Beautiful Bill” by Trump’s controversial control and expenditure package. The project reveals those Republican values that actually work for a slender state.
Despite the free track in the executive, legislative and judiciary, the Republicans had “obsessed the cheek” to fascinate the government, Musk recently ruled. Economists predict a huge increase in government debt through the package.
Musk was convinced that Democrats and Republicans were politically comparable and together to do America. He wrote on X: “When it comes to driving the country through waste and bribery in bankruptcy, we do not live in a system for one party, not in a democracy.”
Musk has also shared a contribution in which possible focal points of the program are outlined. Including: Reduction of the national debt and output discipline, fighting for freedom of expression and deregulation.
Can Musk buy success?
In the United States it is not enough to simply put billions of dollars on the table to get a place at the party table. A political movement is needed to be approved for a choice. “To get the ballot, many signatures must be collected,” says Mac McCorkle, professor at Duke University, the “Washington Post”.
That must be done with money, but here too there are strict regulations. According to CNN, the so-called “McCain-Feigold Bipartisan Campaign Reform” from 2002 has set strict boundaries for donations to political parties. The upper limit is currently almost $ 450,000.
By donating this obstacle with donations to external associations, so-called Super-PACs would be donating. So Musk also succeeded in pumping around $ 300 million in the last election campaign of Trump and to spread the upper borders. According to experts, there are also “complex” meshes in the process of creating a party.
Which political obstacles threaten?
However, Musk threatens the real challenge as soon as his America party is actually the option. There are other parties in the US, but in fact there is a two -party system because of the majority of voting rights in the US states. That means: the party that receives the most votes in a constituency gets everything. The other parties disappear empty -hand. With every choice, this means that small parties receive countless voices, but maybe never send an MP to a parliament.
Moreover, the majority of districts in the United States are cut in such a way that one of the two large parties has an advantage. Depending on the state, the ruling party is often responsible for reducing the election districts. This controversial internship is called “grymage” (see video above).
“The biggest obstacle is simple that it is very difficult to convince people to vote for a third candidate,” political scientist Alan Abramowitz told CNN. “You waste your voice. You vote for someone who has no chance to win the choice,” is the argument.
How does Musk want to continue?
The technical billionaire probably knows that too. American media report that he could initially concentrate on individual constituencies at the federal level in the coming intermediate elections. Because: the distribution of seats in the Congress in Washington is extremely narrow. A single voice in the US Senate would have been enough to prevent Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”. The mood went 50:50 and was decided by the extra voice of our Vice JD Vance. Every absence can make the difference here.
The indigenous South African suitable candidates needs this. According to Abramowitz, Democrats would hardly run for the American party because “Democrats Hate Elon Musk”. And the Republicans clearly showed that they had Trump much more connected.
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Source: Krone
I am Ida Scott, a journalist and content author with a passion for uncovering the truth. I have been writing professionally for Today Times Live since 2020 and specialize in political news. My career began when I was just 17; I had already developed a knack for research and an eye for detail which made me stand out from my peers.
