Elon Musk says he's starting a new party. Many have tried before to launch third parties with little success. Is a third party possible in our political system?

The Anti-Masons were the first recognized third party. It was formed in 1828 in opposition to the Freemasons, a secret ...

Professor David Gillespie talked about the history and role of third parties in American politics. ... American History TV Saturdays on C-SPAN2; Book TV ...

The answer is America's two-party duopoly, a peculiar and long-lasting arrangement that has stifled political competition from other forces for more than a century.

Meanwhile, notional support for a "third" political party remains high — 62% as of last year's Gallup Survey — yet no actually existing party outside the Democratic and Republican ...