President Donald Trump’s ground operations in key battleground states are now largely controlled by America Pac, a political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk, according to people familiar with the situation. It is said that it has been entrusted to.
The Trump campaign bet on increasing voter turnout in 2024 and outsourced the process to Super Pax, while focusing on voting among Trump supporters in rural areas who don’t usually vote.
But while the Trump campaign had previously predicted that multiple packs would be working the polls with six weeks until the election, there are effectively 300 to 400 paid and part-time workers in each region. Only America Pack is there. Seven battleground states, people said.
America Pac also remains the only organization with the goal of making three home “visits” of potential Trump voters in every battleground state before Election Day, whether Trump campaign or not. are.
For example, Turning Point Action, run by right-wing activist Charlie Kirk and promoted by the Trump campaign, has a small footprint. After removing Georgia from its initial list, it now has locations in Arizona, Wisconsin, and two specific areas: Michigan and Nevada.
This situation means that America Pac has a large share in the low-key but important campaign of door-knocking and solicitation to get Trump voters in battleground states to return their ballots.
And since the Trump campaign does not have its own large-scale field operations, there is a new model of volunteer work called “Trump 47 Captains” that targets people who are believed to be Trump supporters who do not normally vote. The camp has little backup if it gets stuck.
America Pac last week fired the company responsible for door-knocking and recruiting efforts in Arizona and Nevada.
The move to end September Group was detrimental to President Trump, as America Pac lost several days of operations while it searched for a replacement and lost at least some of the roughly 300 people it employed in each state.
The Trump campaign has denied relying on America Pac, saying more than 27,000 volunteers serve as Trump 47 captains. The program allows avid Trump supporters to receive special MAGA merchandise when they increase their voter registration.
Each volunteer first receives a list of 10 neighbors to mobilize. If this goal is achieved, the next stage will be to recruit 24 out of 50 people likely to vote for Trump, followed by 45 out of 100, with new perks at each stage.
“Team Trump has hundreds of staff and offices, and hundreds of thousands of volunteers across the country. He wants to take credit for the operation he orchestrated,” Trump spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said in a statement.
But America Pac officials have expressed skepticism about the influence of Trump’s 47 captains, saying that targeting only rural, so-called low-propensity voters is an option instead of knocking on doors in suburbs and cities. He pointed out that it should not.
Separately, if Trump wins, it may also be because of Musk. Mr. Musk has expressed broader political ambitions, recently offering Mr. Trump a second term in the Cabinet and thus having significant influence over Mr. Trump.
America Pac’s ground operations have been slow to get off the ground since the original plan was scrapped, and the company hastily started hiring employees just last month.
But since then, it has exploded in size. By retaining recruiters in each battleground state, America Pac now has hundreds of paid and part-time employees knocking on doors and conducting an unusually aggressive vote-getting campaign. Yes, the official said.
In North Carolina and Michigan, America Pac’s vendor, Blitz Canvassing LLC, employs more than 400 people in each state, the person said. America Pac has paid Blitz about $3.3 million to date, according to federal campaign finance filings.
Blitz was named the successor to September Group, which now also covers Arizona and Nevada. They are required to rehire as many of the 300 laid-off recruiters as possible and knock on about 30,000 doors a day in Nevada.
Blitz’s retention is controversial within Trump circles, in part because it is a subsidiary of a company called GP3, which is owned by a political consultant who runs America Pac. This led to accusations that the America Pac leadership was taking double advantage.
For Pennsylvania and Georgia, America Pac has subcontracted to Patriot Grassroots LLC and has paid approximately $2.3 million to date. In Wisconsin, America Pac subcontracted to Synapse Group for about $468,000, according to campaign finance filings.
