Overview

• Musk launched the America Party on July 5 after polling his followers on X.
• The party remains uncertified after an inquorate Federal Election Commission and must meet varied state petition requirements to secure ballot access.
• Polling by Echelon Insights shows the America Party at 5% on a generic congressional ballot would flip a one-point Republican lead into a four-point Democratic advantage.
• Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson warns that even a small vote shift to the America Party could erase the GOP’s narrow midterm edge.
• Political scientists note that Musk’s vast wealth could overcome signature-gathering obstacles but caution that entrenched two-party structures still pose a formidable barrier.