Musk's party will apparently speak for moderates who are fed up with the two main parties . | Credit: Bloomberg / "Another angry billionaire wants his own political party," said Tom Nichols in The Atlantic.

Several polls this week found that while many voters would consider joining a third party, far fewer are interested in one created by Elon Musk.

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."