# Be terrified, voting ad.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-terrified-voting-ad/855353>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-terrified-voting-ad/855353 "2020-06-10T11:36:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-terrified-voting-ad/855353/1 "2020-06-10T11:36:08Z")

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Prepare to be horrified!

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/t0e9guhV35o/hqdefault.jpg "Dear young people, "Don't Vote"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0e9guhV35o)

That’ll get out the vote!

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-terrified-voting-ad/855353/2 "2020-06-10T12:31:58Z")

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Great ad from 2018 (but equally relevant this year): a bunch of older folks reminding younger viewers that THEY (old folks) vote in higher numbers than the young folks.

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-terrified-voting-ad/855353/3 "2020-06-10T12:37:56Z")

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(One line that especially resonates now: _”I can’t keep track of whose lives matter”_.)