A group of former Republican officials in the United States considered creating another right-of-center party to counteract the influence of former President Donald Trump, but Reuters believes that, taking into account the history of the United States preference for a two-party political system, this move may face difficult challenges.
Reuters revealed yesterday that more than 120 Republicans, including former elected officials and former President Trump, Reagan, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. government officials, held a videoconference on the 5th of this month to discuss the formation of a third major party or a brand new right-of-center faction.
But the idea of starting a new party has been met by two major anti-Trump Republican congressmen, Liz Cheney (D-CA). Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger oppose the idea. Other Republicans who have spoken out to criticize Trump are also skeptical, because the departure of a new party in addition to divide the conservative vote, resulting in the Democratic Party is more likely to win the election, in addition to little help.
The Republican Party’s most critical of Trump’s doubts about forming another party, highlighting that this type of “uprising” is simply more difficult, because it is tantamount to giving up the Republican Party’s huge political base – staff, funding, contacts and money and voters to start from scratch, and to build these foundations may take years, or even decades.
And for a new party to succeed, a charismatic leader is essential. When Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio ran for his party’s presidential nomination in 2016, Alex Conant, a former senior adviser to his campaign, said leaders need to have extraordinary charisma to capture the loyalty of millions of disaffected voters.
Conant said the person who currently has the ability to create a third major party with a following that is willing to follow is Trump, not the anti-Trump crowd.
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