The latest SNL skit has shown that young voters aren’t ready to hand over the White House to Donald Trump.
In the video above, Hillary Clinton (played by Kate McKinnon) recreates a scene from 2003 holiday classic “Love Actually.” Silently, she begs an elector to vote for “literally anyone else” other than Donald Trump. Some alternatives include John Kasich, Tom Hanks, Zendaya, The Rock or even a rock.
The reason? “Bish … he cray.”
Jokes aside, the skit shows that some Americans are still holding out hope that Hillary Clinton would replace Trump as President come January 20. But is this even possible?
The short answer: Yes, it’s possible, but it’s not likely.
While the Nov. 8 election showed that Donald Trump is projected to win enough votes from the Electoral College to win, electors are “not constitutionally bound to follow the will of the people they represent,” says CNN. If these electors “go rogue” and voted for someone other than Trump, there could be a small, but again extremely unlikely, rebellion.
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Knowing the implausibility of electors voting against the people, McKinnon’s plea is not a Hail Mary shot to affect the outcome, but an effort to increase millennial awareness even after the conclusion of election season.
And she’s doing it all through comedy.
These skits, which were some of the most widely-talked about in the months leading to the election, can sway people to vote in a particular way.
In fact, one FirstView study found that “10 percent of voters said they were influenced by the skits.'”
SNL skits continue to impact voters post-election. This is apparent from the show’s increased ratings after the return of McKinnon’s Clinton and Baldwin’s Trump. In fact, Deadline says the show saw ratings growth in the 18-49 age range after the Dec. 17 episode aired.
In the first day the skit was uploaded to YouTube, it was viewed more than a million times. Demographic studies reveal that younger men and women watch the most YouTube. A 2015 Digiday report found that “In March, YouTube drew 31.8 million users aged 18 to 24 (98.3 percent of U.S. Internet users in that age bracket) who spent an average of 10 hours, 15 minutes on the site.”
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With its young viewership, SNL has a unique opportunity for continued millennial education of politics, including the little-known fact that electoral voters will not make their presidential votes official until Dec. 19.
