In recent elections, voter turnout for primaries has been abysmal — many states had fewer than 10% of eligible voters participate, compared to around 60% in the General Election. Because voter turnout in primaries is so low, your vote matters even more!

And remember this: Primaries are Bernie vs. Hillary, not Bernie vs. Trump! Primaries are between candidates of the same party, unlike in the General Election. The winner of the Democratic Primary is nominated by the Democratic Party to go head-to-head against the winner of the Republican Primary.

Don’t get me wrong, voting in the General Election is still very important, and if Bernie wins the Primary Election, you’ll need to vote for him again on November 8th for the General Election, but in this particular instance, the Primary Election is even more important! If Bernie does not win the Democratic Primary Election, you can’t vote for him in the General Election! And that would be bad, because it could mean the Presidency going to the GOP. Bernie already polls well against GOP candidates — even better than Hillary — but Hillary has the deck stacked in her favor, and the only way for a candidate like Bernie to win the primary is massive voter turnout.

That being said, there is a significant hurdle that might prevent Bernie from facing off against the GOP nominee, which is that the typical Bernie supporter doesn’t vote! A significant number of Bernie’s supporters are young. Pollsters often don’t even bother to ask their opinion simply because they don’t get out to the ballots. We are going to change that in 2016!

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Voter turnout in primaries is incredibly low, so your vote really matters. Bernie can win the General Election, but he needs to win the Primary first! Let’s flood the ballots with our votes and elect Bernie Sanders as the 45th president of the United States of America!

Your next step

Find your state below (or in the map above) to learn how to vote. It typically takes less than 10 minutes. Whatever you do, please please please please please do not wait until the last moment to register or cast your vote. Registration is open in every state right now. Many states offer online registration, 32 states (+ Washington DC) offer no-excuse early in-person voting, and some states also offer vote-by-mail (called ‘absentee voting’) so you don’t even need to leave your home!

No excuses. Let’s win this election!