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Elon Musk's AI Could Transform Politics: Here's How | Cliff Maloney DSH #1047
Thu, 02 Jan 2025
Elon Musk's AI could revolutionize politics! 🚀 Cliff Maloney reveals game-changing insights on ballot chasing, campaign strategies, and the future of elections. 🗳️ Discover how AI is reshaping political landscapes and learn about: • Innovative door-knocking programs 🚪 • The truth about mail-in voting tactics 📮 • Shocking campaign spending secrets 💰 • Potential 2028 presidential candidates 🇺🇸 Don't miss this eye-opening conversation packed with insider knowledge! Cliff shares his experiences running groundbreaking campaigns and offers predictions that could change everything. Ready for a deep dive into the future of politics? Hit play now and join the conversation! 🎙️ Subscribe for more exclusive political insights on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly. #ElonMuskAI #PoliticalCampaigns #BallotChasing #DigitalSocialHour #CliffMaloney #PoliticalStrategy #ElectionInsights #donaldtrump #politicaloutreach #grassrootscampaigning #howtorunforpublicoffice #runningforpublicoffice CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Cliff Maloney’s Past Year 01:50 - Impact of Door Knocking Programs 06:37 - Future PA Ballot Chase Programs 11:24 - Kamala Harris Spending Analysis 15:31 - Importance of Authenticity 17:00 - Josh Shapiro Overview 18:17 - Dogecoin vs Political Establishment 24:58 - Understanding Flat Tax 26:25 - Where to Find Cliff Maloney APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Cliff Maloney https://www.instagram.com/realcliffmaloney LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/
Chapter 1: What has Cliff Maloney's past year been like?
Holy crap, PA for eight months? What was that like? Pretty crazy. I'll give you a little background. Pretty much since 2016, I've focused on building these paid door-knocking programs. The left has always had paid and volunteer, and the right has always had volunteer. Yeah. Hold on. Why are we not doing what they're doing?
Chapter 2: How do door-knocking programs impact elections?
So I've always been focused on doing state rep races across the country, putting these permanent on-the-ground teams together. But then in 2024, that all kind of changed.
Chapter 3: What are the strategies for ballot chasing in Pennsylvania?
All right, guys, Cliff Maloney here at America Fest, man. Is this your first America Fest? Second. Was here last year, but 20,000 people, man. Can't wait. It's my first one. I'm already loving it. You know, I'm meeting some great people. So I want to talk about your past year. Holy crap. PA for eight months. What was I like?
Chapter 4: What is the analysis of Kamala Harris's campaign spending?
Yeah, well, it was pretty crazy. I'll give you a little background. So, you know, pretty much since 2016, I've focused on building these paid door knocking programs. The left has always had paid and volunteer and the right has always had volunteer. Yeah. Why are we not doing what they're doing? You know, the community organizing, but paying people.
Chapter 5: Why is authenticity important in political campaigns?
So I've always been focused on doing state rep races across the country and really having impact by putting these permanent on-the-ground teams together. But then in 2024, that all kind of changed. So I get a call from Charlie Kirk and Tyler Boyer, Turning Point, and they're pretty much like, listen, we're tackling Arizona and Wisconsin.
Chapter 6: Who is Josh Shapiro and what is his significance?
We need somebody that understands how to build these ground games to do the ballot chase in Pennsylvania. So our group, Citizens Alliance, we launched the PHA about a year ago now. And it was simple. We said we're going to knock 500,000 doors. And we want to get Trump's share of the mail-in vote to 33%.
Chapter 7: How does Dogecoin interact with the political establishment?
It was a wild ride. Wow. That's incredible. I'm more curious how effective you think this actually is. So if you knock 500,000 doors, how many votes do you think that leads to personally?
Chapter 8: What is the concept of a flat tax and its implications?
So the results were this. We ended up knocking 510,000, and our goal was 33%. Trump ended up getting 34.5% of the mail-in. So that's up from the average of 20% for Republicans. This is all just since they changed the rules, right? So these rules changed during COVID. It's supposed to be temporary. Absolutely not. It ended up being something that was horrendous.
Chapter 9: Where can listeners find more about Cliff Maloney?
And it's, you know, there's 50 days of mail-in voting. So you're not a fan of mail-in votes? No. I mean, I grew up in PA. When I used to vote, it was election day, right? But, you know, CNN and MSNBC made fun of me because they said, you know, the guy running Trump's Pennsylvania ballot chase effort says he hates mail-in ballot. Well, I do, right? But I'm not going to...
cede the election and just lose because I don't like the rules. Right? And so this is all about adapting. I give Charlie a lot of credit, Charlie Kirk, for really pushing the party and pushing kind of the Republican apparatus to finally acknowledge we have to play when it comes to mail-in voting. So you asked me a question, how much impact?
You figure we probably talked to, based on our numbers, we knocked on 510,000 doors. We probably talked to over about 200,000 people, right? Because not everybody's home. And I'm going to give you the honest numbers. And it's tough work. You got people telling you, get the hell off my lawn. It's actually a PA. So the nice thing about
chasing ballots is it's different from your typical door knocking. Okay, typical door knocking in a primary, it's hard. You got to talk to Republicans and say, this Republican's good, this Republican's a rhino scumbag. That's a tough conversation.
In a general election, typically, not chasing, if you're knocking doors, you're talking to moderate Dems or liberal Republicans, these swing voters, and trying to get them to support your candidate. Chasing is the easiest by far of the three. You're going to people who want to vote for Trump. They're a Trump supporter. They're going to vote Republican up and down the ballot.
They just don't vote consistently. And so we have to take these Trump supporters and get them to become Trump voters. But it's it's not simple. But I'm telling you, compared to other door knocking. It's very effective because you go to their house and you say, Bob, you got a ballot sitting there on your dining room table. Right. I need you to commit to sending that in today.
I'm voting Republican up and down the ballot. Oh, crap. Yeah, I'll get that in. Great. Bob, we're going to check with the clerk in seven days. And if it's not in, we'll come back to remind you again and encourage you. Hold them accountable. The Democrats call this the power of annoying the voter. It's a reminder campaign is the politically correct way to say it.
But they understand it's telling the person, hey, listen, the clerk, it's all public when your vote goes in. We don't know who you voted for, but if your ballot is returned, that's public. And so you're going back. Some people, I hate to admit on your show, we knocked on their door six or seven times. Now they finally voted, which was great.
But that's the whole, the problem you're trying to fix with this chase effort is in 2020, Joe Biden won by 80,000 votes in Pennsylvania. 141,000 Republicans requested a mail-in ballot and never sent it back. Whoa. We saw, I'm a former math teacher, right? So I'm like, This is a problem we can solve. You're not trying to add new voters.
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