092024 Michael Levine

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, ladies and gentlemen, I'm just looking at Michael
Levine's on the hotline. I just realized that my computer
when dead. I wasn't sure I hadn't. Michael Levine, how
are you, sir? I apologize for the delay, Big bed.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Jimmy, I am well. How are you today? And thank
you for sharing your valuable audience with me.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Well, I appreciate it. You're one of the top of
you know, the media, you kind of know the culture
as well as anybody out there. And we keep hearing
of this election season. And I'll give a better introduction
of your websites in center here in just a moment.
But talk to me about these undecided voters. I can't
find them anywhere. I don't know where they're at. I've
been looking around for them. Where the hell are these people?

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Okay, So first of all, let's start with some basics, basic,
basic arithmetic. There are fifty states in America. Forty three
of them do not matter, seven matter. Seven are called
swing states. So if you are sitting around listening to

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the white noise of popularity polls and other nonsense that
are just shiny objects meant to distract you, don't waste
your time. There are seven states that matter, just seven,
and there are a small number of independent or swing

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voters in those states, a very small number, what number,
under five percent? Forty five percent of Americans would vote
for a Democrat if Scooby Doo were running, Forty five
percent would vote for a Republican, if Richard Simmons were running.

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So that leads a very small number somewhere between five
five seven percent that are persuadable. That are low information voters.
They don't pay attention to the news, and they make
a kind of impulsive decision at the last minute. To

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the extent they even do vote often influenced by their
peer groups, their family, their bowling clubs, et cetera.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
So I'm watching television last night or the news this morning,
and Kamala Harris is out there with Oprah Winfrey and
a cast of celebrities, and you're saying that this five
to seven people could actually be persuaded by that. No, no, okay,
help me with that.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
No okay. The elites, the elites like Oprah Winfrey, the billionaires,
the elites have actually a negative impact on these swing voters. So,

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Taylor Swift, you know everyone talked about with great excitement.
Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris. Now, one asks is that
a good thing, a bad thing, or a neutral thing. Well,
if you only care about these swing voters in these
seven states, it's actually a bad thing. Why is that
Because she's an elite, she's a billionaire. She doesn't understand

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what it feels like to go to a supermarket and
have to choose between pet food and your food or
your medication. So elites, this is a democratic trap that
they fall into very frequently. They like shiny objects, right.

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They think that having elites like George Clooney and Taylor
Swift and and free are good things. Well, there are
very good things in terms of getting attention, right, But
we don't vote in America based on attention. We vote

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in America predicated on an electoral college system that means
that the states matter. Seven states matter. Now, whoever wins
the majority of those states, that means four or more
will be the next president. And you know, it's it's

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hard to know. Prophecy is dubious business. But I can
tell you what history has taught us. Jimmy Number one
polls major polling organizations in twenty sixteen twenty twenty have
without exception, underpolled Donald Trump voters. So that means that

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Donald Trump votes turn out about three percent higher than
what polls indicate. Now, why is that? Because there are
certain questions in America that people lie about. If we
asked one hundred American parents, do you spank your kids?

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Ninety eight of the hundred would say, of course not,
even though fifty of them do. There are certain questions
do you want to vote for Donald Trump? There has
become a feeling after two assassination attempts that saying that
you are voting for Donald Trump is dangerous business.

Speaker 1 (05:46):
Yeah. So, Michael Levine, author of nineteen books, including five
international best sellers, forty three New York Times bestsellers, You've
counseled on fifty eight Academy Award winners, and folks want
to follow your work and keep up with what you're doing.
Where do they go, sir?

Speaker 2 (06:04):
Well, we have a new site called Michael Levine Consulting,
which I think is an interesting one, and I hope
your listeners will visit it Michael Levine Consulting. But Jimmy,
what a pleasure to talk to you. I see why
you're successful, you have a nice, easy style about you,
and I'm honored to share your valuable audience with you.

Speaker 1 (06:26):
Well, I appreciate I'll reach out to Sandy, maybe we
get you up for a longer segment here in the
future and continue the conversation. I appreciate the analysis. Michael Levine. Again,
he's one of the smart fellows out there. He's a
been non paid media council to three US presidents. Both
political parties have hired him. He has lectured for Bill
Gates leadership team and provide a commentary for a lot

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of publications out there, including The New York Times, USA Today, Forbes, Variety,
Fox News, Good Morning America. Michael Levine, thanks for hopping
on the program and giving us his thoughts on who
these undecided are. And they do dwell among us. They're
out there. It's like a unicorn. They're hard to find,
but they are out there. I got to take a break.
Laky on the radio, win overtime, hold on six hundred K.

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