Please Vote for Me, is a documentary that takes place in China, which is a strictly communist country. In this third grade class, the teacher uses an activity to demonstrate democracy by having the children vote for a class monitor. The third grade candidates endure the same process as a democratic election would and at the end of the film, a class monitor is chosen.

When Chairman Mao was elected to presidency in China, he worked to bring China communism. China went through the Great Leap forward where the country was moderneized in order for their economy to imporve. However, during this process millions of chinese were killed. In order to improve the country, Mao felt the need to enfore a Cultureal Revolution where all "old" materials were destroyed and burnd in the country as a renewing for the country. Any opponent Mao discovered was executed and thousands of people were executed during this process.