Cancel Out a Vote Trend

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About

The Cancel Out a Vote Trend or On My Way to Cancel Out My Dad's Vote refers to a series of memes and posts based on the idea of voting for the opposite party that a specific individual is voting for during an election to arguably "cancel out" their vote and make it not matter, despite each vote still being counted towards the election. Memes about canceling out votes, including videos about canceling out a parent or family member's vote, became increasingly popular on sites including TikTok and X / Twitter in October 2024 leading up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election

Origin

In October 2024, TikTokers began posting videos about canceling out someone's vote by voting for the party opposite them. The earliest known, notable example of this was posted by TikToker^[1] @mergitater on October 16th, 2024, garnering over 3.6 million views in two weeks. In the video, two girls dance under the caption, "On our way to cancel each other's vote out."

Spread

Videos, memes and posts about cancelling out someone's vote became increasingly popular throughout October 2024.

On October 20th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @isabelllahayden posted a video dancing under a caption about being on her way to cancel out her husband's vote, garnering over 1.5 million views in 11 days. On October 22nd, Instagram^[3] user hellcity_merriman posted a meme about going to cancel out their dad's vote, garnering over 36,000 likes in a week.

On October 24th, X^[4] user @HeidiBriones posted a photo of herself and her partner, writing, "These two married lesbians just voted for @realDonaldTrump! 🇺🇸 FIGHT!" garnering over 116,000 likes in a week. The post resulted in numerous users quote-reposting it to announce they were canceling out their vote. For example, on October 25th, X^[5] user @Tr3_GK posted a photo of himself and his partner, writing, "These two married gays just canceled out your vote! 🏳️‍🌈 COPE!" garnering over 320,000 likes in six days.

On October 28th, X^[6] user @lexilafleur posted, "What do you mean you’re on your way to 'cancel out your husband’s vote?' You should be on your way to the courthouse. Divorce babe. Divorce," garnering over 110,000 likes in three days.

On October 29th, X^[7] user @dalepartridge posted, "In a Christian marriage, a wife should vote according to her husband’s direction. He is the head and they are one. Unity extends to politics. This is not controversial," garnering over 3,800 likes in two days. On October 30th, X^[8] user @theliamnissan posted a screenshot of the post, writing, "Go vote so you can cancel out this MFs vote," garnering over 25,000 likes in a day.

On the same day, The Cut^[9] reported on the trend.

Later that day, TikToker^[10] @darbyann7 posted a meme about canceling out her dad's vote but expressing how she needs to be able to cancel out her entire family's votes, garnering over 600,000 views in a day.