This election year, Americans are dedicating their vote to their children, grandchildren
As Americans across the country voted early in record numbers ahead of Tuesday's election, it has become clear that they are motivated, arguably like never before.
As Americans across the country voted early in record numbers ahead of Tuesday's election, it has become clear that they are motivated, arguably like never before.
Some voters are now sharing intimate explanations for what drove them to the polls, posting online that their vote was dedicated to someone else, usually a child or grandchild unable to exercise that right.
The sentiment crosses political lines, with supporters of both Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump sharing tributes to their loved ones online after voting.
"I dropped by ballot in the mailbox today. It was my signature on the form. But it was my daughter's vote I placed inside the envelope," wrote David Frum on X (formerly known as Twitter) last week. Frum's daughter Miranda died earlier this year at the age of 32.
Frum, a staff writer for The Atlantic and former speech writer for President George W. Bush, told NBC News that Miranda “would have cared very much about abortion rights,” both the right to have an abortion and “the right not to be surveilled.”
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