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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
LOS ANGELES, July 5 (Xinhua) — Billionaire Elon Musk announced Saturday that an America Party is being formed to "bring back freedom to you (American citizens)," after an online poll he launched earlier this week showed strong support for the new political force.
“Independence Day is the perfect time to ask if you want independence from a two-party /some would say one-party/ system,” he wrote in a post announcing the poll on Friday. More than 65 percent of the 1.2 million respondents supported the idea.
Reacting to the poll results on Saturday, Musk wrote: "By a 2-1 margin, you want a new political party, and you will get one! When it comes to bankrupting our country through waste and corruption, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy."
The billionaire said the America Party would focus on winning two to three seats in the Senate and eight to 10 seats in the House, a strategy he believes could change the situation in Congress.
But election experts point out the high barriers to entry for new parties. In California, organizers must either register about 75,000 members or collect 1.1 million signatures to get on the ballot.
Political strategists speculate that Musk’s announcement may be more about pressuring lawmakers than building a solid third party. The move follows President Donald Trump’s passage of a “one big beautiful bill” that cut electric vehicle subsidies and increased federal spending — measures Musk, whose Tesla benefits from those subsidies, has opposed. –0–
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