A Matter Of Electoral Curiosity.
posted by FinleySo, I’m wondering something.
In the last few weeks since the conventions, a bunch of Hollywood stars and starlets have been putting out public campaigns to get people to register to vote. For example, Leo DiCaprio was on Ellen today to get people to vote and says that 10,000 people have registered since he and a bunch of other actors put out a video online. Jessica Alba is part of a print ad campaign where she wears a Hannibal Lector mask saying that “only you can silence yourself” by not registering to vote. For about 20 years, MTV has been putting out “Rock the Vote” to get kids to register at age 18.
My question is… do they want these people to register if they knew it would be as Republicans?
I’m not advocating voting either way here- I haven’t decided who I’m voting for, and my distaste for the current administration has been well-documented on this site for many years. I’ve been registered as a Republican for 12 years, but I can’t say I’m settled on voting that way this year just yet. That being said, I’m just mostly curious if these “concerned citizens” would be so gung-ho about this if they knew that they were registering Republicans by the thousands along with the Democrats they are hoping to encourage to register.
Just a thought, anyways.
Out.
Tags: 2008 Election, Democrats, republicans
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October 2nd, 2008 at 1:45 pm
I don’t think they know. It’s been statistically shown that “get out the vote” campaigns typically help Republicans more than Democrats. Every time I’m at the Drafthouse, I go and shake hands with one of the voting volunteers and thank them for helping John McCain. They always get a puzzled look and tell me they aren’t here supporting any particular party, and I mention that get out the vote campaigns always help Republicans, and thank them again.
I wonder how much that tweaks their melons later …