Political parties, celebrities, non-profits, and older generations have one message for Gen Z: “Go Vote.”

It’s not bad advice, but it doesn’t acknowledge the realities of voter suppression and gerrymandering in Texas, nor does it help young Texans understand why their votes never seem to make a difference. Worse, civics education in Texas schools is intentionally designed to conceal how and why Texas’s voting laws and systems maintain the political power of a party that no longer represents the majority of Texans.

My design aims to be a piece in the puzzle of forming Gen-Z's civic identity that can ultimately empower young Texans in creating collective approaches toward systemic change. I have created an animation titled “Bop or Flop,” a humorous game show that is designed to fill important gaps in Texas civics education and alert young Texans to how gerrymandering shapes political outcomes in Texas.