"You can only make a change if you check. that. damn. box."
October 30, 2020 2:03 AM   Subscribe

Keke Palmer's Actually Vote. Do watch this - it's great.
posted by Paul Slade (7 comments total) 13 users marked this as a favorite
 
This is a BOP.
posted by mosst at 6:35 AM on October 30, 2020


Cor, making tractors sexy, that might work. Johnny Harris riffing the guilt with You Wont Vote, might work too. Need someone to bring in the Young Foodies with a different recipe.
posted by BobTheScientist at 7:38 AM on October 30, 2020 [1 favorite]


Five Thirty Eight has a good data driven rebuttal of the "young people = politically apathetic" lie. Rather, the United States -- and maybe other developed nations as well -- have erected systemic barriers to voting for young people and the working class.

I mean, who the hell is able to take time off on a random Tuesday in November, when it's gross weather across much of the country, to stand in line for literal hours? Between that, "signature checking" (notoriously inexact), photo IDs laws (disproportionate effect on minority voters) and ... the entire Electoral College, the US is barely a democracy at all, even before the Cheeto-in-Chief. That's intentional; we may have moved on from the idea that the franchise only belongs to property-owning white men over the age of 21, but the anti-democratic foundations were baked in back in 1789.
posted by basalganglia at 9:18 AM on October 30, 2020 [4 favorites]


I'd never heard of her 'til now, but wow. Super appealing and charismatic. New fan.
posted by martin q blank at 9:51 AM on October 30, 2020


That was exactly my reaction. Love the lyrics too:

"We need Florida, Ohio, all of Arizona,
Or we're stuck with the guy who says bleach cures Corona,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvahnia,
Come on, cats, we're going to free Melania!"
posted by Paul Slade at 2:22 AM on October 31, 2020


As someone who almost never clicks through to YouTube on purpose and generally nopes out of video in general I am so glad I watched this. It was magnificent and I am now going to be singing this while finishing the housework.

Thank you for posting!
posted by hilaryjade at 9:47 AM on October 31, 2020


That was awesome.

Seconding martin q blank - she's a new voice to me, but now I want to go see what else she's done. (Ooh, Wikipedia says her parents met in drama school! So great.)

Loved this song, loved the video, loved the sentiment. Thank you for sharing this, Paul Slade!
posted by kristi at 4:13 PM on November 2, 2020


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