s2E27 Why Voting Doesn't Matter in 2025

In this explosive episode recorded from a Virginia hotel room en route to Brownstone's Polyface Farms event, Aaron and Eileen Day dismantle the myth that voting can fix America, drawing from their combined 30+ years running political campaigns, liberty or

Episode 27 of the The Aaron Day Show podcast, hosted by Aaron Day, titled "s2E27 Why Voting Doesn't Matter in 2025" was published on September 24, 2025 and runs 169 minutes.

September 24, 2025 ·169m · The Aaron Day Show

Summary

In this explosive episode recorded from a Virginia hotel room en route to Brownstone's Polyface Farms event, Aaron and Eileen Day dismantle the myth that voting can fix America, drawing from their combined 30+ years running political campaigns, liberty organizations, and Super PACs in New Hampshire - arguably America's most libertarian state. The episode opens with Aaron's unique political pedigree: his stepmother Sharon Day served as RNC Co-Chair, giving him insider access from precinct operations to national conventions. He witnessed firsthand how the 2012 convention screwed Ron Paul delegates, driving many effective activists from politics permanently. Eileen's journey began in 2007 fighting for vaccination choice, mobilizing hundreds of parents to committee hearings, losing by only 33 votes despite overwhelming grassroots support. She discovered early what COVID revealed to many: Big Pharma's complete capture of the political system. As NHLA Chair, she helped elect 126+ liberty candidates and achieve an 11% actual budget cut - likely the high-water mark for liberty politics in America. Aaron's 2013 school board race reveals local politics' brutal reality. Despite simply suggesting not increasing the budget, he faced $30,000+ in attack mailers, illegal flyers, Facebook groups with 3% of the town plotting against him, and media hit pieces. Why? Bedford's largest employer is the school system - they give employees the day off to vote their paychecks. The couple's most revealing battle came over Obamacare Medicaid expansion. After Romney's 2012 loss, all NH Republican factions agreed to unite against Obamacare. Three weeks later, Republican senators pushed Medicaid expansion. Aaron's response: get unanimous county resolutions against it, primary every supporting senator, and raise $300,000 for a Super PAC combining unlikely allies - from Harvard's Larry Lessig to Ferguson protest organizers. The political machine's response was swift. Kelly Ayotte intervened in state politics, arguing Medicaid expansion was needed to save her US Senate seat. When Aaron threatened a third-party slate if Republicans betrayed their platform, he was told "no one believes you'll do it." He did - recruiting candidates for every federal race, getting 17,000 votes, and costing Republicans the Senate seat in the most expensive per-capita race in US history. Victory turned to lawfare. Aaron faced a $274.5 million defamation suit - not for defamation, but "conspiracy to commit defamation" for recruiting a gubernatorial candidate who made controversial statements. Eight judges recused themselves due to conflicts. The case dragged 5.5 years, preventing him from attending liberty events to avoid subpoenaing supporters. His insurance paid $2.25 million in settlements. The ultimate betrayal: senators who signed anti-Medicaid expansion pledges later co-sponsored legislation making it permanent. The pattern is clear: Revolution → Success → Infiltration → Inversion. Just as America inverted from Declaration of Independence to surveillance state, and Bitcoin from peer-to-peer cash to BlackRock ETFs. Aaron reveals how modern elections actually work: parties pre-select candidates, outside DC groups fund primaries, and outcomes are determined by AI-driven micro-targeting and voter turnout operations, not ideas or principles. With databases containing 50-100 data points per voter, elections are won by algorithmic propaganda and demographic manipulation, not discourse. The couple's infrastructure was impressive: commercial printing presses, custom robocalling systems, phone banks, paying activists in Bitcoin in 2014. Yet even with superior tactics and winning key races, principled candidates inevitably betrayed core issues once in office. "I cannot recruit candidates that remain principled," Aaron concludes. Local politics prove equally futile. Government employees and contractors control local elections through organized voting blocs. Teachers unions spend taxpayer money against reformers. Even successful takeovers like Croydon's school choice victory get reversed within terms. The game is rigged at every level. The discussion extends beyond personal experience to systemic analysis. No empire in history has reversed decline through voting. America operates on Layer 2 (administrative/deep state) completely disconnected from Layer 1 (Constitution) and Layer 0 (founding principles). We're not debating first principles or even constitutional governance - we're rearranging deck chairs while technocracy builds the replacement system. Eileen's two-decade fight for medical freedom, starting with vaccine choice in 2007, reveals the pattern: even with massive grassroots support, bipartisan sponsors, and constitutional backing, the medical-industrial complex's capture is complete. What COVID exposed, she battled 20 years ago. The episode concludes with brutal honesty: if you're in California, New York, or Illinois thinking local politics will save you - s...

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