Elon Musk, who has revolutionized the auto industry, launched rockets into space and built a global business empire may now be facing his most daunting challenge yet: shaking up the two-party system ...

In countless casual political conversations over the years, I have heard the principle of the “lesser of two evils” invoked, ...

For nearly its entire 250-year history, the United States has been a nation of two major political parties. Elon Musk’s suggestion that he might found a new “America Party” has been met with ...

As frustration with the American political establishment continues to soar across the country and public trust in the two-party system reaches historic lows, independent and third-party candidates are ...

When Yemi Mobolade won the Colorado Springs mayor’s race in 2023, he made history as the city’s first independent leader — and gave new hope to voters frustrated with America’s two-party politics. But ...

I hate voting for the lesser of two evils. But I do it all the time. Once a decade, maybe, I find a candidate I can genuinely support, usually in a local race. No matter your politics, you've probably ...

Every so often in American politics, some rich guy with a big ego briefly entertains the idea of leading a new political party. Case in point: In 1999, Donald Trump explored the possibility of running ...

Tech entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang was a lifelong Democrat. But after losing New York City’s 2021 mayoral primary election, he left the party and founded his own ...

For decades, American voters have been told they have a choice. But in reality, that "choice" is almost always between two political parties that increasingly resemble each other in dysfunction and ...

Billionaire philanthropists could do the country more good by devoting their largesse to supporting a “radically centrist” third-party candidate for president, according to a Washington Post columnist ...

The United States recently ended its longest government shutdown, totaling 43 days. Most Americans blame the Republican Party for the temporary closure. What does this say about the state of our ...