Using their phones and TikTok accounts, many people are filming themselves to encourage “Cancel” the vote of their parents, and sometimes even that of their spouse or their best friends. The objective? Slip a Democratic ballot when the other vote is Republican, or vice versa.
Videos published by the thousands on social networks, and which helped launch a TikTok trend, explains the New York Post in an article.
Do Kamala Harris win?
If they don’t always say who they are voting for, some proudly announce that they will give their vote to Kamala Harris… unlike their parents or spouse who will vote for the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.
A trend that could be beneficial to the Democratic candidate since a recent poll published by NBC News revealed that half of voters under the age of 30 planned to vote for Kamala Harris.
When you browse the trend, you find in-camera videos and other videos of users showing off their outfit of the day — like Abigail Grace on his TikTok account. Still others film their parents and have fun with the situation.
@hge502 Love ourselves a family tradition.
These videos quickly went viral and sometimes have more than 8 million views.
A trend that is testing couples
Other users also want to “undo” their spouse’s vote. A practice that highlights differences of opinion that can sometimes weaken certain relationships.
A situation which also pushes certain couples to highlight their joint vote in the next elections, like @alexismvoss on TikTok.
@alexismvoss voting against your partner? couldn’t be us #fypシ゚viral ♬ original sound – Ben Lapidus
“My husband’s vote and mine made it possible to cancel that of my in-laws, that made me happy!”testifies in the comments of a user under Alexis’ video. “The 2016 election showed me who my ex-fiancé really was, I left him the following year!”delivers another. One thing is certain, Gen Z does not seem to have said its last word for this election.
Source: www.slate.fr
