- Opening
Direct and engaging
Map of California and Washington with party symbols
Hand placing ballot into voting box
Illustrations of figures on animals with party symbols
People queuing at voting booths
Hands placing ballots into boxes, handshake illustration
- setting
- Studio and animated graphics
- on screen people
- Bald man in a suit
- captions
- Various text overlays with key points
- text overlays
- Prominent throughout the video
- music
- Not applicable (no audio)
- pace
- Moderate, with clear transitions
- call to action
- Vote in primaries
- visual variety
- Mix of live-action and illustrations
1.9×Clicks, best headline over worst
12,256Headline tests
Carries a number19.1% of winners · 17.2% of losers
Starts with “This” or “These”6.8% of winners · 5.8% of losers
Asks a question14.2% of winners · 18.2% of losers
Says “you” or “your”25.3% of winners · 25.3% of losers
Quotes someone1.2% of winners · 1.2% of losers
Shouts a word in capitals5.1% of winners · 6% of losers
Starts with “What”, “Why” or “How”6.3% of winners · 8.3% of losers
Says “watch”, “see” or “listen”8.2% of winners · 6.7% of losers
Trails off or breaks midline4.6% of winners · 4.9% of losers
First person: “I” or “my”14% of winners · 12% of losers
The same story under different headlines, shown at random, 2013–2015.