Artist	Song
The O'Jays	Give the People What They Want
from The Ultimate O'Jays (2001)
Sis Cunningham	Mister Congressman
from Broadside Ballads, Vol. 9: Sundown (1976)
2Pac & Outlawz	Letter to the President
from Still I Rise (1999)
The Treniers	(We Want A) Rock and Roll President
from This Is It! (2008)
Sweet Honey In the Rock	Give the People Their Right to Vote!
from The Women Gather (2007)
Randy Newman	A Few Words In Defense of Our Country
from Harps and Angels (2008)
Leadbelly	The Roosevelt Song
from The Library of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Let It Shine on Me, Vol. 3 (1991)
Canned Heat	Election Blues
from The Boogie House Tapes Vol 3 (2008)
Sunnyland Slim	Be Careful How You Vote
from Be Careful How You Vote (2005)
Jimmy Durante	Election Campaign Song
from At the Movies: Jimmy Durante (2007)
Oscar Brand	Tyler and Tippecanoe (1840)
from Election Songs of the United States (1960)
Guy Lombardo	Happy Days Are Here Again
from Auld Lang Syne (1998)
Culture	Election
from Chanting On (2008)
Randy Newman	Political Science
from Sail Away (2005)
Brenda Fassie	Black President
from Greatest Hits: The Queen Of African Pop 1964-2004 (2004)
Chicago	Vote for Me
from Chicago XI (2009)
Jack Teagarden	I Swung the Election
from Father of Jazz Trombone (2005)
George Formby	Thanks, Mr. Roosevelt
from The War And Postwar Years - Disc A (2006)
Ella Fitzgerald	Vote for Mr. Rhythm
from Swingsation - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb (1998)
The Foremen	What Did You Do On Election Day?
from What's Left? (2005)
The Replacements	Election Day
from Pleased to Meet Me (Expanded Edition) (2008)
John Wesley Harding	Election Night
from Dynablob (2007)
Bad Religion	Politics
from How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (2005)
George Scherer	You Told Me So
from The Election Year Waltz (2004)
the Cray and Dempsey experience	Snoop Dogg for President
from Snoop Dogg for President - Single (2005)

Comment:

When Oscar Brand goes old-school to get out the vote, he really goes [i]old[/i]-school, as in the 1840 campaign ditty "Tyler and Tippecanoe." The O'Jays do some sharp soul sloganeering of their own, with a fierce-and-funky "Give the People What They Want," while 2Pac & Outlawz send a righteous rap "Letter to the President," and Jack Teagarden gets into the swing of the political process with the big-band jamboree "I Swung the Election." And from blues legend Sunnyland Slim comes an important piece of election-day wisdom, with the Chicago-style plea of the polls "Be Careful How You Vote."

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