Elon Musk's new political party could pose ‘serious problem' for Republicans
'You look at the history of third-party candidates in the United States when they actually do get involved; Ross Perot was an example of that, who destroyed the Republican presidential campaign back in the early 90s,' Mr Hawker told Sky News Australia.
'That is a really serious problem, because they have got first-past-the-post voting there so in every election that they have, except in very remote cases, the preferences of that candidate don't come into play.
'What happens then is that 10 per cent of the vote may just get sliced straight off the Republican side of the equation.'
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