Ross Perot — a billionaire frustrated with America’s ballooning budget deficits and fed up with its two-party system — ran for president as an independent. He won 19% of the vote against the Republican incumbent (George H.

Elon Musk’s push to launch a new political party as his relationship with President Donald Trump exploded could be a threat to the president and his agenda. New polling found that while most Americans have little appetite for a third political party funded by the world’s wealthiest person,

Here's what it would take for Elon Musk to launch a third-party effort to represent what he called "the 80% in the middle."