Musk versus Goliath

Musk’s America Party lacks a regional base, it doesn’t represent a defined demographic group, and its ideology is vague. But new parties in the United States can sometimes make electoral waves if they become political vehicles for charismatic and powerful people. The jury's still out on Musk's America Party.

Elon Musk, pictured at the Kennedy Space Centre on May 30, 2020, was born in South Africa, meaning, according to the U.S. Constitution, he can’t run for president. Photograph courtesy of NASA HQ PHOTO/Flickr

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

July 28, 2025

OAKVILLE, ONT.—Whenever a new political party emerges in our democratic ecosystem, it’s basically like a biblical David, an underdog entering the electoral fray determined to slay Goliaths.

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