Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2025
Abstract
This activity asks students to consider voter predispositions about whether or not voting “matters.” Students are given the choice to share one of two texts with a small group of friends or family outside the class: either a music video for hip-hop artist YelloPain’s song “My Vote Don’t Count” (2020) or an article reporting on current research about young voter disengagement. Students then record their subjects’ responses to the message and mode of the video, attending to convergences and differences about attitudes towards the efficacy of voting. The activity works well to introduce a course or unit about voter engagement and the factors that contribute to voter behavior in the United States.
Recommended Citation
RudeWalker, Sarah, "Item 4: Activity 1: “My Vote Don’t Count”" (2025). Sarah RudeWalker, The Ballot or the Bullet. 4.
https://open.clemson.edu/rudewalker/4