Vote Or Die,

Today more than ever people (especially college age) turn to social medias when they want to research current events. The events that seem to be dominating all social medias right now would be the political races. Whether it’s the presidential debate, a commercial for a senator, or just a celebrity giving their two cents. This brings me to the main point of my blog; celebrities today have more influence over who we vote for than ever before. Everyone remembers the vote or die campaign that was backed up celebrities like P.Diddy, Bruce Springsteen, and Russell Simmons. But did anyone really think it changed the amount of voters? Well it did, tremendously. According to an article titled  “Vote or Die? Well, They Did Vote” after the Vote or Die campaign the votes of the youth increased by 4.6 million. Nowadays celebs don’t have to come out with a huge campaign to support their candidate, they can just simply send a message in less than 160 on twitter and it be seen by over a million people. But do what the celebs say make a different on the actually votes of a young person? According to a study done at Washington State University “Celebrity endorsed campaigns successfully lowered complacency and helped young people believe in their own impact on the political system”, or in other words, yes. This to me had become a problem students like me are swayed on who to vote for strictly based on their favorite celeb. Now I do not know about you, but I don’t thing I have the same values and beliefs as the millionaire dollar a year tweeter.