Carter Audet Marrero
12th Grade
Canyon High School
Orange County
a PSA targeted at disaffected young people encouraging them to get involved politically and to vote. It discusses why people should vote and become involved in politics, even if they don’t like politics. I worked on the Bernie 2020 campaign for a little less than a year, and in my time canvassing and phone banking there I learned a lot about why young people often avoid politics or don’t show up to vote. I’ve found that many people find politics unsettling, which causes them to avoid it. Lots of people also feel like their votes don’t matter, either because they are just one person or because they dislike all the candidates. I think that these types of people can be reached with a message that stresses that nothing about the current situation will change unless they get involved and vote. This is especially true for local elections, which are often decided by just a few votes.”
