Kiwi expat creatives raise money to fund TV ad pleading for Americans to vote in the election
Ex-New Zealand advertising creatives Ben Polkinghorne and Scott Kelly, former-Colenso BBDO creative team who now work at Wieden+Kennedy London, have launched an ambitious Indiegogo campaign Dear America, raising money to run a TV ad in America paid for by the world. The message will be completely free from political bias and just serve as a simple reminder that on the 8th of November they should head out and vote.
Whoever becomes the 45th President of the United States of America will become the most powerful person in the world. Yet the world doesn’t get a say. And in the last election, nearly half of Americans didn’t even get off the couch and vote.
The world is watching from the sidelines but can’t tell America what to do. All the world can do is send a message reminding Americans how powerful their vote is. The hope is this will serve as a timely reminder the world is watching. The campaign can be found at www.DearAmerica2016.com.