Why NOT?
Split them Right leaner’s into pieces???
Elon Musk is promising to shake up the midterms with his own political party. Democrats aren’t sweating it.
Musk’s yet-unfulfilled plans to form an “America Party” could threaten Republicans already fighting to defend their seats by razor-thin margins in next year’s midterms elections, Democrats argued, by siphoning off more disgruntled conservatives from Republicans than disaffected liberals from the Democrats.
“I think it leads to a better position for Democrats in what I think was already a pretty good position going into 2026,” Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel said.
Musk was one of President Donald Trump’s biggest benefactors in the 2024 election, spending hundreds of millions to help get him and other Republicans elected. But since his break with the president, Musk has publicly called for primary challengers to Republicans who voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in addition to promising to launch his own third party.
Democrats and Republicans have long complained about the spoiler effect of third parties — like the Greens or Libertarians — in close battleground races. But neither of those parties have been able to muster resources like Musk’s.
And new polling this week from Marquette University Law School found that 40 percent of Republicans say they would be somewhat or very likely to support an America Party candidate in their state or congressional district, as opposed to just one in four Democrats…..
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Even if Musk fails to get candidates on the ballot, his bad blood with Trump will be sorely felt by Republicans, who benefited massively from his largesse in 2024.
Ultimately, Democrats are still confident the effort would more than likely play out to their benefit should it come to fruition, said Georgia Democratic Party Chair Charlie Bailey, who is gearing up for one of the most competitive Senate races next year.
“I think if something has Elon Musk’s branding on it, that you’re not going to attract Democrats, and you’re not going to attract many independents,” Bailey said. “I think if it’s got Elon Musk branding, you’re likely to attract the vast majority of right-wing Republicans, so I don’t think those voters are probably that gettable for us anyway.”