A record share of Americans have supported the creation of a new political force. This is evidenced by the results of the study, according to the website of the sociological service Gallup.
Thus, 62 percent of citizens support the idea of a third party in the United States, since the existing Democratic and Republican parties “do not represent the American people well.” This indicator turned out to be the highest for the entire period of similar surveys, which have been conducted since 2003. In 2017, this idea was supported by 61 percent of Americans, in 2013 and 2015, 60 percent of respondents.
This opinion is shared by 63 percent of Republican supporters, 46 percent – among Democrats and 70 percent of independent respondents. It is pointed out that only a third of US citizens believe that the Republican and Democratic parties represent the American public appropriately. The indicator dropped below in October 2013, when it reached 26 percent.
At the end of January, it was reported that former US President Donald Trump was planning to create his own party, which could be called Patriotic. He allegedly discussed with his assistants and other confidants in the last days of his tenure as head of state.
It was later reported that more than a hundred former Republicans are in talks to create a new center-right party that will oppose Trump. The negotiators conceived of breaking away from the Republican Party because of its unwillingness to oppose the former American leader and “his attempts to undermine democracy.”