Rock the Vote

Rock the Vote is the largest non-profit and non-partisan organization in the United States driving the youth vote to the polls. Fusing pop culture, politics, and technology, Rock the Vote works to mobilize the millennial voting bloc and the youth vote, protect voting rights, and advocate for an electoral process and voting system that works for the 21st century electorate. Since 1990, Rock the Vote has revolutionized the use of pop culture, music, art and technology to inspire political activity. Now, for almost 25 years, Rock the Vote has pioneered ways to make voting easier by simplifying and demystifying voter registration and elections for young adults. Whether it’s Madonna wrapping herself in the flag for the first Rock the Vote PSA or Snoop Dogg launching our bus tour in 2004, Rock the Vote represents the historic and groundbreaking intersection of culture and politics. In 1993, we helped lead the push for passage of the National Voter Registration Act, also known as the Motor Voter Bill, and have consistently been supporters for and innovators of better and more effective voter registration systems. We were early advocates for states allowing voters to register by mail and were the first organization to use a toll-free number to register voters over the phone. Most notably, we were the first organization to create a voter registration tool to register voters online. Rock the Vote’s online voter registration tool has been translated into 13 languages – Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Hindi, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese. By educating thousands of young people through its “Democracy Class” initiative and conducting groundbreaking research with its polling arm Young Voter Strategies, Rock the Vote has become the preeminent authority on how to mobilize young voters. By consistently seeking out novel ways to reach new voters, we have run the largest voter registration drives for young people on record during the past six Presidential elections. Additionally, in 2008 and again in 2012, our on-the-ground efforts, online organizing, and cutting-edge tools and technologies made us the largest non-partisan voter engagement campaign in the nation. All of these efforts have resulted in Rock the Vote registering over six million new voters, bringing millions more to the polls, and becoming a trusted resource for young people, government agencies, and technological innovators passionate about political discourse and engagement.