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 ...

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 ...

Elon Musk says he’s starting a new political party, the America Party, after falling out with President Donald Trump. Some people say Musk’s announcement is more about disruption, distraction or ...

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 ...

Like a bad penny, the idea of a third party regularly shows up in American political discourse. It never comes to anything. Opportunistically, Yang wants to team up with Musk, but says he wants to ...

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 ...

The animosity between President Trump and Elon Musk is ratcheting up after the passing of the large Republican spending bill last week. Musk says now says he's going to try to start a third party ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Americans are entrenched into their partisan corners, but the party lines keep moving ...