Impact.VOTE

07/29/2024

I dusted off our 2019 Psychology Today article reflecting on the power of a smile and how it makes us feel.

“So Kamala, with her bright, crinkly-eyed smile, is also helping reduce stress as she radiates positivity to potential voters. Her smile entices voters because who doesn’t want more of this in their lives, right? This is not unlike Ronald Reagan, whose sunny demeanor and smiling eyes long ago wooed many across the partisan divide.

But you may be asking, don’t all candidates smile?….

….Genuine smiles forge familiarity, reduce uncertainty and generate trust. They result in meaningful connection—and this can happen across the air waves as well as in person.

So by these accounts, both Kamala Harris and Ronald Reagan's smiles were genuine. But here’s the thing, we really don’t need scientists to tell us this because as human beings we instinctively knew this by how they made us feel.”

Sanjiv Chopra The Two Most Important Days

Relatability is key to personal and political success. Learn what kind of smile will woo others.

01/04/2021

The campaigns both know that the youth vote will rock this election

As vast resources and hundreds of millions of dollars have been pumped into Georgia for the Senate runoffs, few groups have been as vigorously pursued as the state’s young voters.

12/31/2020

The youth vote continues to matter!

Through get-out-the-vote efforts in person and on TikTok, young voters are rivaling the early turnout in the general election in Georgia.

12/18/2020

A meeting voter wave is soon to hit Georgia.

Add your voice. Register. Vote.

The number of registered voters in Georgia jumped by 76,000 since before the presidential election, bringing in first-time voters who could influence the outcome of the state's U.S. Senate runoffs Jan. 5.

12/16/2020

Calling all Georgians...

This is for you!

This is "Georgia Runoff PSA" by Bill Parker on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

12/06/2020

"During the general election, voters 18-29 made up 20 percent of the Georgia electorate, according to NBC News exit polls. As the Jan. 5 runoffs draw closer, young Georgians on both sides of the aisle are working to mobilize their peers to vote again — or for the first time in their lives.

“I think that teenage complacency is something that has been trendy,” Flicker, 20, said. “But seeing the way that my generation, in particular, has stood up and fought for what we believe in ... that is how you make change.”

"As a voter in Georgia, I never felt more like my vote counted than this past election,” one college student said.

11/02/2020

Be aware of what you can do if you become aware of voter intimidation efforts.

Thank your VOTING!

11/01/2020

The power is in your hands...

North Carolina politics have traditionally been dominated by old white men but that is changing, reports Richard Hall in Raleigh.

10/31/2020

Here is Vice President Biden talking about the importance of young people to our future — and to this election


10/31/2020

Only the young can get it done!

Up there's the finish line. Our future is worth our fight. Thank you, Taylor Swift, for voicing what can do. Let’s run!

10/30/2020

Voting is not an option.

10/30/2020

Young voters! You are a force to be reckoned with. You have the power....

Use it!

Participation in this year’s presidential election is on the rise among young voters ages 18-29 and one study concludes the cohort could play a major part in 14 key states that may well decid…