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Elon Musk announces new 'America' party after slamming Trump's megabill (eu.usatoday.com)

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[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So the 2% party, if he tries really hard.

With few exceptions,[1] the U.S. system has two major parties which have won, on average, 98% of all state and federal seats.[2] According to Duverger's law two main political parties emerge in political systems with plurality voting in single-member districts. In this case, votes for minor parties can potentially be regarded splitting votes away from the most similar major party.[2][3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)

[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago

Which is enough to influence results (or atleast the public reception of results). I remember one year ago the endless debates about third parties in context of the US election and how those third parties might help Trump win.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It probably won't even get that far

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 4 points 3 days ago

I can imagine him and his friends use their wealth to research what voters want to hear and then them saying those things out load. Could easily be interesting for voters as long as they can continue saying didn't break a promise.