Overview

• Elon Musk announced the America Party on July 3 to offer a centrist alternative focused on reducing federal spending.
• Polls show 27% of Gen Z and Millennial respondents and 43% of Americans identifying as independents are open to non-affiliated candidates.
• The party has not released any substantive policy proposals, framing itself as disruption without ideology.
• Winner-take-all voting rules, state ballot-access requirements and campaign finance restrictions pose steep challenges to its certification and ballot viability.
• A Pew Research survey found trust in the federal government at just 22% and confidence in Congress at 10%, underscoring the disillusionment the party seeks to capitalize on.