By this point, most people have decided who they will be voting for in the upcoming Nov. 8 presidential elections. This includes celebrities who are using their social media accounts as their social activism platforms to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as the next President of the United States.
The 2016 presidential election has allowed celebrities to be more public about their political views and social views than previous election years. Clinton has managed to get countless celebrities to tweet their endorsement under 140 characters with the popular hashtag #ImWithHer.
California State University, Stanislaus (Stan State), student Onela Hirmez (sophomore, Chemistry) views celebrity endorsements as a positive and brave thing.
“I actually appreciate that [celebrities are being outspoken about the election] because you get to see what they are really thinking,” Hirmez said. “They are not scared of anything happening to their career.”
The list of celebrities supporting Clinton varies from movie stars like George Clooney, Elizabeth Banks, James Franco, Robert Deniro and Jamie Lee Curtis. TV actors like, Jesse Tyler, Lana Padilla, Jesse Williams, Kate Walsh and Emmy Possum. As well as musicians like, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Sia, Demi Lovato, Cher and John Legend, are also endorsing Clinton.
Due to anti-Latino remarks made by Clinton’s opponent, Donald Trump, many Latino celebrities are endorsing Clinton, like George Lopez, Eva Longoria, America Fererra, Gina Rodriguez, Alicia Machado, Michael Trevino, Diego Boneta and Vincente Fernández and are asking Latinos show up at the polls and vote for Clinton on Nov. 8.
Stan State student Payal Randhawa (freshman, Business) feels like these celebrity endorsements will end up influencing followers to vote for Clinton. 
“Some celebrities have a big following and that can make the followers be bias when voting because their favorite celebrities likes the candidate,” Randhawa said.
Thanks to social media sites like Twitter, movie actress Chloë Grace Moretz and YouTube star Tyler Oakley, are able to share their support and political views with their millions of followers without any problems. 
During presidential debates, many celebrities will take to Twitter to live-tweet the debates and share their feelings on the candidates comments and their policies.
During the last presidential debate aired on Oct. 19, celebrities were impressed with Clinton’s professionalism and her responses about the LGBTQ+ community, women’s rights, and Citizens United.
Even international celebrities, like author of the Harry Potter book series, J.K. Rowling, tunes into the presidential debates to live-tweet the event and express her support for Clinton while criticizing her opponent’s comments.
Some celebrities, like TV actress Debra Messing and comedian Adam Scott, are taking time out of their busy lives to volunteer at Clinton’s campaign offices across the country.
With countless endorsements under her belt, Clinton has taken advantage of the new celebrity support as a social activism movement and has created campaign ads featuring celebrities, like transgender activist Lavern Cox and deaf model Nyle DiMarco. These celebrities have expressed reasons beyond endorsement on why they know Clinton is the right choice.
On March 10, the Clinton Campaign released an ad starting series producer, Shonda Rhimes, and the leading actresses of the Shondaland ABC shows, Ellen Pompeo, Kerry Washington, and Viola Davis. The ad was centerted around women empowerment and all four women endorsed Clinton as the next Woman President.
The Shondaland women aren’t the only team endorsing Clinton. On Oct. 5, the Clinton Campaign released another ad featuring the entire cast of the FOX series Empire. The ad featured Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollet, Bryshere Y. Gray, Gabourey Sidibe, Tasha Smith, Trai and Grace Byers and the series’ producer, Lee Daniels, where they talk about The Black Lives Matter movement and why they are all voting for Clinton in the upcoming election.
Clinton is not the only one releasing videos featuring celebrities talking about the Nov. 8 election and endorsing her as the next president.
Elizabeth Banks collaborated with Rachel Platten to produce an acapella style music video for Platten’s hit song “Fight Song” that included over 20 celebrities, like Jane Fonda, Julie Bowen, Ian Somerholder, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth and many others, singing their support for Clinton. The music video premiered at this year’s Democratic National Convention where Clinton was officially nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate.
The Save the Day Vote campaign created a video with celebrities including The Avengers cast: Robert Downey Jr., Scarlet Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and many others, encouraging Americans to register and vote in this upcoming election to ensure Trump will lose the presidential race. To push people to vote in this upcoming election, the video promises Mark Ruffalo will have a nude scene in his next film.