--- title: Ben Affleck: Funny Or Die Election 2016 PSA description: Ben Affleck may be a Boston boy, but he's still willing to show some love for his state's northern neighbor, New Hampshire. canonical: https://time.com/4546450/ben-affleck-new-hampshire-vote-psa/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T19:18:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:11.326Z og:title: Ben Affleck Urges New Hampshire to Vote in Boston Accent og:description: The actor offers some real talk encouragement og:url: https://time.com/4546450/ben-affleck-new-hampshire-vote-psa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bf9f37833bb1966/6988abab0b72e3c6d96eb837/ben.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1639 og:image:height: 922 og:image:alt: ben og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ben Affleck Urges New Hampshire to Vote in Boston Accent twitter:description: The actor offers some real talk encouragement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bf9f37833bb1966/6988abab0b72e3c6d96eb837/ben.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ben Affleck Uses His Boston Accent to Urge New Hampshire to Vote in Hilarious PSA > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 26, 2016 7:18 PM UTC   by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 26, 2016 7:18 PM UTC [Ben Affleck](http://time.com/4513669/matt-damon-ben-affleck-tom-brady-hang-out/) may be a good old [Boston boy](http://time.com/4517257/ben-affleck-patriots-loss-reaction/) through and through, but that doesn’t mean he’s not willing to show some love for his home state’s northern neighbor, New Hampshire. In a new PSA for [NextGen Climate](https://nextgenclimate.org/) & [Funny or Die’s](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/38cfc4adb3/hey-new-hampshire-lets-vote-with-ben-affleck?%5Fcc=%5F%5Fd%5F%5F%5F&%5Fccid=bd1b09f7-49e4-48df-b9b5-b34d773c4f3c) “Everyone Votes!” campaign, Benny “The Sweet One” O’Callaghan — as _The Accountant_ star calls himself — makes a plea to New Hampshirites to head to the polls to vote for the next president of the United States in the 2016 election. “New Hampshire is wicked f—ing important in presidential politics,” he says in a thick Boston accent. “So if you give a sh– about women’s rights, if you care about keeping the environment safe for future generations, ever hear of it? You care about people getting to piss in the f—ing bathroom of their choice? Then guess who’s got your back in this election? That’s right, my basically home state New Hampshire.” Watch the video [here](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/38cfc4adb3/hey-new-hampshire-lets-vote-with-ben-affleck?%5Fcc=%5F%5Fd%5F%5F%5F&%5Fccid=bd1b09f7-49e4-48df-b9b5-b34d773c4f3c). \[h/t [People](http://people.com/politics/ben-affleck-new-hampshire-funny-or-die-psa/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546450/ben-affleck-new-hampshire-vote-psa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546450/ben-affleck-new-hampshire-vote-psa/"},"headline":"Ben Affleck Uses His Boston Accent to Urge New Hampshire to Vote in Hilarious PSA","datePublished":"2016-10-26T19:18:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:11.326Z","description":"With some good old Boston-encouragement","url":"https://time.com/4546450/ben-affleck-new-hampshire-vote-psa/","keywords":["Newsfeed","2016 Election","politics","celebrities","Ben Affleck"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bf9f37833bb1966/6988abab0b72e3c6d96eb837/ben.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bf9f37833bb1966/6988abab0b72e3c6d96eb837/ben.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ben","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4546450/ben-affleck-new-hampshire-vote-psa/","name":"Ben Affleck Uses His Boston Accent to Urge New Hampshire to Vote in Hilarious PSA"}}]}] ```