Most voters want third parties but reject Musc leadership, shows the Fox survey
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Elon Musk’s speech of a third political party is an idea supported by more than half of the voters of the last national Fox News survey – as long as this party is not linked to the billionaire.
By a margin of 11 points, more voters think that it is a good idea rather than a bad thing so that there is a third major party (53% against 42%). It is down compared to a spread of 27 points in 2010, the most recent time that Fox asked the question.
The self -employed – by a margin of 44 points and the Democrats – by 20 points say that a third party is a good idea while the Republicans think that it is a bad point of 9 points.
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The 2010 decline is mainly due to a change of 22 points among the Republicans, who were 13 points more likely to say that it was a good idea (50%) than a bad (37%) 15 years ago.
“In 2010, anger and disappointment with the two parties among some Republicans and independent fueled the Tea Party movement,” said Republican survey Daron Shaw, who helps conduct the Fox News investigation with Democrat Chris Anderson. “This time, disappointment and anger come from democrats.”
Voters, however, draw the line, however, to a third man led by Musk.
Most, 75%, say they are “not very” or “not at all” open to supporting a party created by the billionaire, while 22% say that they are “extremely” or “very” open.
Those who are most likely to support a musk political party are men (31%extremely / very open), in particular republican men (41%), men under the age of 45 (38%) and white men without a university diploma (36%).
The self -employed (32%extremely / very open) and the Republicans (31%) are approximately 20 points more likely than the Democrats (11%) to support a party managed by muscles.
Fox News survey: GOP is considered more likely to have a clear plan for the country
A certain support for a third major party comes from the dissatisfaction of voters with regard to both parties, because 64% think that the Democratic Party does not have a clear plan to deal with the problems that the country faces and 54% say the same thing about the GOP.
The survey also asks voters to respond to a series of declarations of agreement on third parties and finds that they are also likely to consider them positively as negatively.
For example, 6 out of 10 voters agree that third parties are desperately necessary because democratic and republican parties fail to respond to the concerns of voters (61% agree), while 6 others out of 10 think that third -party candidates are only spoilers who distract from the two main parties (59%).
Democrats (59% agree) and Republicans (66%) are more likely to agree with third -party candidates are spoilers while the self -employed feel the opposite (60% in disagreement). The majorities of self -employed (76% agree) and democrats (67%) are aligned with the need for a new party, while the Republicans are divided (49% agree that third parties are necessary, 50% do not do so).
About 4 voters in 10 estimate that third -party candidates tend to be less qualified than those of the two main parties (54% in disagreement). More Republicans (51%agree) that Democrats (41%) and the self -employed (33%) think that a third is not suitable for the race.
Voters are more decisive when they have been asked if the American political system is rigged against third parties, because 70%think, including most Democrats (73%), Republicans (66%) and independents (76%).
“The investigation shows the third party dilemma in the United States,” said Shaw. “Voters want another choice, but do not particularly like the options they have seen and hesitate to support the candidates they think they are condemned.”
Directed from July 18 to 21, 2025, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,000 voters registered at random in a national voter file. The respondents maintained themselves with live interviewers on fixed lines (114) and mobile phones (636) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (250). The results based on the full sample have a sampling error margin of ± 3 percentage points. The sampling error for the results between the subgroups is higher. In addition to the sampling error, the wording of the question and the order can influence the results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education and area variables to ensure that the demography of respondents is representative of the registered electoral population. Sources to develop weight objectives include the American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis and voter file data.
