Emma Watson really wishes she could vote in the U.S. elections

"You have the real power to decide the future for generations to come."
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We are two weeks from the election day and Emma Watson can't vote in America, but she really, really wants you to head to the polls.

The British actress posted a letter on Twitter called upon her American fans to disregard personal beliefs about "disillusioning" idea of politics and consider that the outcome of November's election will have "ripple effects around the world"—particularly for women.

"America is my second home," Watson wrote.


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"It has been excruciating to sit on the sidelines in the months leading up to this election," she continued. "Goodness, I wish I could cast a vote."

Watson went on to explain that a country's most reliable indicator of peace is how it treats its women and girls—and emphasized the power the next president has in terms of making decisions that affect women in America.

While the actress never calls out Donald Trump explicitly—or references Hillary Clinton outright in the letter—she explains her American friends, "know that the way a man treats women can't be overlooked or brushed aside" before imploring women to vote in droves to swing the election.

"These decisions will affect whether we believe equality is an idea that matters," she wrote.

Watson, who is also a U.N. Women Global Goodwill Ambassador, ended the letter with a simple and powerful statement: "You have real power to decide the future of generations to come."

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