With the presidential election just 10 days away, a new TikTok trend is helping get Gen Z to the polls.
Zoomers are making viral videos vowing to fill out their ballot to “cancel” votes cast by their parents.
While most of the TikTok creators don’t disclose which candidate they’re voting for, several have said they’ll be casting their ballot for Kamala Harris in order to “cancel out” their parents’ votes for Donald Trump.
A recent survey from NBC News found that Harris has a strong lead among Gen Z voters.
“Just a dad & daughter duo off to cancel out each other’s votes,” wrote one creator, who clocked up millions of views with her clip.
“Going to cancel out my parents’ vote today,” TikTok user Abigail Grace declared beneath a video that showed her dolled up for the voting booth.
While the act of “canceling out” votes may initially seem toxic, the light-hearted trend implies families can make it through the divisive election season.
First-time voter McKenzie Owens, 19, told NBC News that the trend can make others realize “that people can co-exist even though nowadays politics can also drive people apart.”
The Pennsylvania Gen Zer, who posted about “canceling” her boyfriend’s vote online, declined to disclose who she will be voting for in this election but said she and her partner are able to respect each other’s views.
Becca Puga, a 28-year-old Utah resident, also joked online about canceling her father’s ballot, said he would find the trend “funny,” not offensive.
“Although they are very conservative, very Christian, they raised me to have my own thoughts and values, and they give me space to do that,” Puga told NBC News. “So when I posted that, I wasn’t worried about any family member seeing it, because my dad would think that that’s funny.”
Some users, however, and putting their own spin on the trend. Instead of boasting about “canceling” opposing votes, they’re boasting that they’re on the same political page as their family members or partners.
“Leaving the polls except neither of us canceled each other’s votes out,” wrote on creator named Jess, who captioned the clip, “Cancelling my fiances vote out??? Couldnt’ be me.”
“Voting against your partner? Couldn’t be us,” TikTokker Alexis Voss wrote in the caption of her video.
“Cancel out votes? Cancel that marriage, sis lol,” joked one commenter.
“My kids dad is voting opposite my vote. That’s when I decided I no longer wanted to be with him. Cancelling out votes is crazy to me,” chimed in another viewer.
“Marked safe from having my husband cancel out my vote,” Florida resident Robin Nickell wrote on TikTok, praising her husband for voting for Harris and Tim Walz and calling him “a dream.”
The 49-year-old told NBC News that the pair have always “aligned on political views.”
“It was kind of a husband appreciation post,” she said of her viral video.
