Most American voters said they would not consider joining an Elon Musk-founded third party, according to a new poll.
When asked in the Quinnipiac University poll if they would “consider joining a third party, if Elon Musk created it, as an alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties, or not,” 77 percent of registered voters surveyed said they would not, while 17 percent said they would join or would “consider” doing so.
After previously being a part of President Trump’s administration and appearing to be close with the president and other Republicans in the first half of the year, Musk has since targeted the president and members of the GOP over multiple issues.
Musk said earlier this month he had officially formed the America Party, a third political faction to go against Democrats and Republicans.
“By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it. When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy,” Musk said previously on his social platform X.
“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom,” he added.
As tensions continue between Musk and Trump, most registered voters in the Quinnipiac poll did not seem to be pleased with the president’s actions.
When asked if they “approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president,” 40 percent said they “approve” and 54 percent said they “disapprove.”
The Quinnipiac poll took place July 10-14 featuring 1,290 people who identified themselves as registered voters; it had plus or minus 2.7 percentage points as its margin of sampling error.
