Episode Details

Grassroots organizer and Early Vote Action founder Scott Presler joins PragerU CEO Marissa Streit to explain how he believes elections are really won—and what young Americans truly care about. They discuss why so many passionate Americans still aren’t registered to vote, how Scott recruits new voters, and how to turn the frustration of disaffected Americans into a force for good.

Chapters:

0:00 — Why Scott Presler got into politics

1:30 — Early Vote Action: born after the 2022 “debacle”

3:10 — From jobless graduate to activist: “be the solution”

4:20 — Scott’s #1 issue: border security

7:03 — How to start: show up, volunteer, knock doors

10:46 — The Baltimore cleanup: turning talk into action

13:13 — Where his values come from: family, service, faith

14:49 — His daily life: meeting voters “from Mar-a-Lago to Walmart”

16:12 — The farmers market method: how he gets strangers to register

19:57 — The harsh truth: passionate people who still don’t vote

21:47 — Republicans can’t just be “anti-Democrat”—they must deliver

24:07 — Election integrity push: California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada

25:44 — Can California become normal again? Jungle primary risk

29:54 — Gerrymandering explained (and why it matters)

31:43 — What normal voters actually care about: economy, border, “no new wars”

34:58 — The crisis of disaffected young men: what they need now

37:14 — Dating politics: why young men feel stuck

41:12 — Judges matter: why down-ballot elections change everything

47:30 — The case for early voting (and why Election Day fails conservatives)

52:47 — Now that Republicans won: are they securing election integrity?

54:28 — How to support Early Vote Action

Follow Marissa on social:

https://www.instagram.com/marissastreit/

https://x.com/marissastreit

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissastreit/

Follow Scott Presler

https://x.com/ScottPresler

https://www.instagram.com/scottpresler/

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