The apparently impossible task to form a third viable political party to compete with the bipartite system in the United States is again widely discussed. And Andrew Yang knows the struggle too well.
The former Democratic presidential candidate of 2020 launched the party before in 2022, expressing a strongness of creating a space for the “majority of common sense”.
“The United States really needs a new political party – the one that reflects the moderate majority and common sense. Job in 2022.
“A new party must mark out the space between the two. On each problem faced with this nation – from controversial to the ordinary – we can find a reasonable approach on which most Americans agree.”
But it is not the front part which dominates the conversation in and outside Washington, DC, for the moment. Instead, it is the America party of Elon Musk, whose training he announced on July 5. In an article shared on its social media platform, X, Musk told its more than 220 million consequences: “The America party is formed to give you your freedom.”
Musk has not yet disclosed specific proposed policies or indicate that the fundamental principles of his party would be, but he expressed his eagerness to continue the mission on which he worked as head of the Ministry of Government (DOGE) by priority by reducing, which he perceives, unnecessary expenses within the government and by reducing the country’s deficit. In his opposition continues against the great and beautiful bill of President Donald Trump, who was signed on July 4, Musk also apparently committed to campaigning against any Republican who showed support and voted for the said bill.
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As for the way in which he plans to gain “the independence of the bipartite system”, Musk has expressed the intention of maintaining a “laser-focus on only two or three seats in the Senate and eight to 10 districts of the Chamber” for his party.
The criticisms, led by Trump himself – a single ally of Musk – quickly stressed that third parties have historically had trouble competing with the bipartite system. Trump described the “ridiculous” musk aspirations and said that “the thing that third parties are good for the creation of a complete and total disturbance and chaos”.
But not everyone was so dark in their answers. Yang turned out to be a vocal supporter of Musk’s decision to establish a third in the American political spectrum, and is apparently eager to help Musk succeed where he may have had trouble.
Here’s what you need to know about the founder of the political party:
The passage of Yang as a candidate for the Democratic presidential election in 2020
Born and raised in New York of Taiwanese parents, Yang, 50, spent the start of his career as a businessman and entrepreneur.
He studied political science and economics at Brown University, followed by a law degree in Columbia. After working in Business Enterprise, Yang was appointed Champion of change by former president Barack Obama in 2012 for a scholarship program that sent the best college graduates to work in start-ups in cities sheltered from the United States through the United States
After submitting the documents necessary to present themselves as a Democratic candidate for the presidency in November 2017, Yang began to share his ambitions, his platform was largely focused on the protection of jobs against the robotics industry and fast-growing technology.
His campaign slogan “Humanity First” has demonstrated exactly that.
“I introduce myself for the president to wake America to wake up because they are not immigrants or globalization, but this technology that transforms our way of life,” Yang told quartz during his campaign.
Yang was also an ardent defender of universal basic income. The entrepreneur said he would provide $ 1,000 a month to Americans aged 18 to 64. “It would improve the nutrition and health of the Americans, mental health, relationships and stress.
Despite his ambition, Yang called his campaign after his defeat in the New Hampshire presidential primary, in which the independent senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont came out victorious. Yang finished 8th in terms of voter sharing, winning only 2.8% of the count.
“The ends are difficult and I have always intended to stay in this race … I am the type of mathematics, and it clearly emerges from the figures that we are not going to win this campaign,” he told his supporters in February 2020 over the results.
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The training of the front game
In July 2022, Yang united his forces with the former Republican governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman to establish the party before as the third political party. The striker was officially trained as a political action committee (CAP) in 2021 and the party was announced in the book of Yang, Advance: notes on the future of our democracy.
The party launched with a clear message: “How are we going to solve the big problems with which America is confronted with America. Not on the left. Not on the right.” Forward. “
The party claims that 60% of American voters want a new political party and put themselves Before as possible solution. Among the key values of the centrist party, respect the rule of law, the creation of “from bottom to top” and the protection of individual freedoms.
Another Party Party Pushed before includes the reform of the vote and the promotion of alternatives to the current electoral system in place for most of the federal and state elections.
The front party pleaded for methods such as the classified vote of the choices, which supports “improves equity during the elections by allowing voters to classify the candidates in order of preference, rather than simply voting.”
This method was recently used to elect Zohran Mamdani as a Democratic candidate in the New York town hall elections.
Despite its ambition, the party before apparently had difficulty taking momentum or a strong presence in American politics. Utah state senator Daniel Thatcher is the only elected representative in the United States to represent the party after having passed the Republican party in March.
But the front party has remained categorical in her messaging that she wants to change the traditional political structure in the United States with the recent announcement by Musk of her own business, the Yang party was a vocal defender.
“We welcome the growing awareness that the bipartite system does not work and that the majority of Americans want more choices and more responsibility … We encourage all the new independent movements to prioritize the healthy reform and actual solutions above all. Not on the left. No right.” Departs the party on Monday.
What did Yang said about Musk and his ambitions from the America party?
Since Musk initially launched the idea of forming a new political party, Yang was vocal in his support for Musk’s challenge to the bipartite system.
In June, Yang expressed his eagerness to unite his forces with Musk to some extent.
“Elon has built world -class companies from anything more than a idea several times, and in this case you have the vast majority of Americans who are hungry for a new approach,” Yang said in an interview with Politico. “I am happy to say it for Elon, or any other person who wants to go to the road. A third may succeed very quickly. ”
On July 6, after Musk renewed his intention to train the America party, Yang said: “Whoever wanted to burst the duopoly to the good idea.”
Yang has since confirmed that he was in contact with Musk and his team concerning the new rival party.
“I am excited for all those who want to go from duopoly … And I am happy to help someone give some idea what the path looks like,” he told Politico on Monday.
The same day, Yang doubled on his position, publishing again on social networks: “If it breaks the duopoly, I am completely for that.”
The weather has contacted Yang and Musk for comments and more information on connections to connection by the America party.
It is not out of the question only if Yang’s support continues, a potential collaboration could begin, or perhaps even a merger.
The striker has already done this before. As part of his foundation as a party in 2022, the striker PAC merged with the Renew America movement, made up of former Republican civil servants, and of the Service America movement, a group of democrats, republicans and independents. The groups merged to create the official party before in its current form.
