By Cliff Maloney
As yet another election in a blue stronghold unfolds — this time in California’s primary election for the L.A. mayor’s race, Americans are faced with another familiar case of Dejà Blue. The Democrats are up to their usual tricks, with late voting and slow counting, and mountains of votes suddenly appearing in the middle of the night with no explanation.
This highlights two critical elements Republicans need to understand if we want to win the upcoming midterm elections, as well as the hundreds of smaller elections all over the country and future presidential elections. Unfortunately, this detail is often unknown to or overlooked by most on our side.
The first is that we absolutely need to enact legislation to secure our election integrity. Without that, our elections mean nothing because they can be fraudulently manipulated by outside influence. This is where the SAVE America Act comes into play, and unsurprisingly, it’s currently facing intense pushback from elected officials who benefit from the current lack of voting integrity.
This is legislation that every Republican needs to get beyond immediately if we want to save America from the globalists.
But there’s a bigger foundational element here, and it’s the political “machine” that Democrats have built that helps them consistently win elections despite holding views that a majority of Americans don’t agree with. Republicans, unfortunately, don’t have that, despite the playbook being in plain view for anyone to follow.
Most Republicans have simply continued following the status quo of hiring big-name political consultants, bulk mailing postcards, and investing heavily in TV and radio ads — and as a result, we continue to lose elections that we should easily win. It’s something that has frustrated me for years, both because I understand the importance of winning elections and because the solution is simple and obvious.
I’m so passionate about this because I know what’s at stake. America is the last wall standing between our freedom and the globalists who are trying to take it from us, and if we don’t start winning more elections, we’ll never have the power to safeguard our future.
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We Need to Pass the SAVE America Act to Save America’s Elections From Fraud
The bad news is that right now, Republicans are significantly less effective at winning elections than Democrats. The good news is that there is an easily repeatable formula for winning, which we can implement for elections at all levels. This is something I learned from two distinctly different sources.
The first is my own firsthand experience, earned while running Citizens Alliance and PA Chase, where my teams knocked on more than nine million doors and helped secure over 400 campaign victories. I compared the actions of those who won versus those who lost, and used that as data to drive my own strategies.
That led to the second. During my statistical analysis, I noticed that the Democrats almost universally followed a particular pattern, while Republicans followed an entirely different pattern. So I started analyzing the Democrats’ playbook more closely, and realized that they had built a robust political machine that systematically leverages activists, technology, and voter engagement to win elections despite pushing unpopular policies.
I used this information, much like a general would, to build a playbook that uses similar strategies to take away Democrats’ competitive advantage and give Republicans a proven path to victory. This was my Sun Tzu moment, and I’ve used it to secure over 400 campaign victories across America. More importantly, every Republican can do the same.
Ultimately, we all need to get a lot more active at all levels of government. Not just the big presidential and congressional elections. It also means running for local offices, marketing online effectively, and engaging with voters in person. Distilled to its core — it means building the same kind of political machine that Democrats have enjoyed for decades.
This is critical because we’ve historically operated on the belief that if you have good intentions, say the right things, and care about voters, you will win. It sounds nice. It feels right.
But it’s not reality.
Politics is not a movie with a happy ending just because you deserve one. It is about power and always has been.
Well-organized groups often beat larger, disorganized ones, and that’s exactly what we’ve seen happen again and again in elections all over America.
The Left has built systems. They have structure. They follow a proven plan.
Meanwhile, the Right often relies on energy and hopes that it will be enough.
We can no longer afford to operate that way.
This perspective comes from my decades of firsthand experience and my analysis of Democrat strategies. And every single Republican can implement it right now. From ordinary citizens who love and support America to those who want to run for office at some level, it’s a model we all can leverage to win elections, implement America-first policies, and restore the America we know and love.
And I break the entire blueprint down in my recent book, Run Right: A Complete Election Playbook to Win.
A powerful quote from my friend and mentor, American businessman and former Pennsylvania State Senator Scott Wagner, sums it all up. He said, “Align your expectations with reality,” and that’s exactly what we need to do now.
If we expect to win, we need to adapt to the reality of today’s political ground game.
I wholeheartedly believe that, and I hope you do too, because without a significant change in strategy, we’ll never achieve the victory we deserve.
Let’s save America together!
Cliff Maloney is the CEO of Citizens Alliance. You can follow him @maloney on X.
Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.
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