Cosmo Serves Democracy With a Side of Shirtless Male Models

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Here's an excellent example of how Cosmopolitan is incorporating its new political ambitions under EIC Joanna Coles: the magazine organized a bus to drive North Carolina State University students to the polls on election day. This being Cosmo, it's a party bus complete with prizes, snacks and shirtless male models. Jezebel has all the partisan outrage about the #CosmoVotes party bus campaign; click the Cosmo video above to see handsome men rap about why you should vote.
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