Animal Collective Encourage Fans to Vote for Hillary Clinton Today, Not Third Party
Express Regret Over Voting for Ralph Nader in 2000
Nov 08, 2016 Animal Collective
Animal Collective have issued a statement on their Instagram account that encourages their American fans to vote for Hillary Clinton in today’s presidential election and discourages them from voting third party or not voting at all. They point out that some of the members voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 and later regretted it when George W. Bush beat Al Gore by the slimmest of margins.
Here’s the full statement, followed by the Instagram post:
“Thanks to @headcountorg for all the great work they did registering voters at our shows this year. Hopefully you’ve registered, and if so, please make sure to get out and vote. We’ve been quiet this election aside from registration drives, but we feel compelled to say our support is with Hillary Clinton today. To those who share a similar world view to us but are choosing to stay home or vote for a 3rd party as a protest because you think there is no difference between Clinton and Trump, we know how you feel to some extent. The 2000 election was the first election all four of us could vote, and we had a 3rd party candidate in Ralph Nader saying there was no difference between the two major party candidates. Some of us were taken in by that argument, voted for him, and then watched as Gore lost Florida by a smaller margin than the votes Nader received. We then watched our government ignore the Kyoto Protocol, further deregulate financial markets, and start a preemptive war with Iraq (just to name a few things). There was a difference then. There is a difference now. Please vote today and consider your actions carefully, whatever they may be. We’ve each decided #imwithher - AC”
Animal Collective released their latest album, Painting With, back in February via Domino.
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