A-Listers Urge Fans to Vote as Election Day Approaches

As Election Day nears, A-listers are reminding their fanbases of the importance of voting. Pedro Pascal, Olivia Rodrigo, Dave Bautista, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Bruce Springsteen, and Samuel L. Jackson are among the celebrities taking to social media to urge people to get out and vote in the 2026 midterms. Heading into Election Day, people have their eyes on several key races, notably the Kansas Senate, Texas Senate, Michigan Senate, Ohio Senate, and U.S. House races in several states, with a potential control flip of Congress at play. As for California, residents are also monitoring the Los Angeles mayoral and California governor’s races closely.

Pedro Pascal shared a video on his Instagram Story telling fans to vote, saying he had never made a video at random like this, especially crossing a major intersection in Los Angeles. Olivia Rodrigo shared a photo showing off her “I Voted” sticker and added in the caption, “Get out there and vote!!!” She also shared a video from her Daisy Chain Fields festival account, which displayed the word “Vote.”

Dave Bautista posted a photo on Instagram of him holding up his Florida vote-by-mail ballot. In the caption, he wrote, “Vote! #votethemout,” before encouraging people to text their friends to remind them to vote too. Jennifer Lawrence urged people to vote on her Instagram Story by referencing the iconic line her character, Katniss Everdeen, says in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1: “If we burn, you burn with us.” Lawrence posted a photo of herself holding up the three-finger salute from the film franchise, with the caption, “Midterms BB. Don’t forget who burns with us.”

Chris Pratt shared a photo of his “I Voted” sticker with the caption, “It’s like a gold star, but patriotic.” Carrie Coon shared a photo of herself and husband Tracy Letts on X with their “I Voted” stickers. In the caption, she also endorsed Democrat Cait Conley, who’s running in the U.S. House’s 17th District in New York. Kerry Washington shared a video on Monday dropping off her vote-by-mail ballot with her husband Nnamdi Asomugha. “Voting knowing you’re not canceling out each other’s votes,” she wrote over the clip before adding in the caption, “Voting team goals.”

Samuel L. Jackson let his shirt do the talking, which read, “Fcuk you, I’m voting!” Jackson added in the post’s caption, “WHAT THE SHIRT SAYS!!” Bruce Springsteen posted a video on his Instagram reminding election and government officials of their “solemn duty” to “ensure votes are securely counted.” He added in the clip, “Our vote is our voice. And it is up to you to ensure that our voice is heard.” Springsteen also wrote in the post’s caption, “If you haven’t voted already, thank you for voting today! And you can keep supporting democracy by taking the Oath to the Constitution yourself at oathproject.org.”