Voting platform sees 35K new voter registrations following Taylor Swift’s call to action
The same day Taylor Swift posted a message encouraging her followers to register to vote, over 35,000 people reportedly made a “Run (Taylor’s Version)” to do so on Vote.org.
“Vote.org saw record-breaking traffic to our site this week as we celebrated National Voter Registration Day, a highly encouraging sign of voter enthusiasm especially among newly eligible voters. Time and time again young people are showing up and demonstrating they care about their rights and access to the ballot box,” Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org said in a release.
The American multi-genre singer-songwriter’s post also linked to the organization’s website, according to the release. In the Instagram post, Swift called on her army of fans, also known as “Swifties” to “[r]egister to vote in less than 2 minutes” via the nonprofit’s site.
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I find it cringe that a celebrity has so much sway with her fans that all the very real, very important reasons to vote don't sway them,but her asking them does sway them.
To be fair, most people don’t listen or care to listen to politics. Don’t blame them.
But many DO listen and care about their entertainment. I’ll take it if it means people who wouldn’t get involved do now. Especially if her fans are of the younger progressive variety.
That's exactly the point OP made
There's a reason Woodie Guthrie wrote "This Machine Kills Fascists" on his guitar.
You should read some interviews she gave around 2020-2022! She talks about 2016 onward and how she decided that she needed to be political and start using her influence.
On a more subtle note, she used to hold really large 4th of July parties, but those fell off in like 2017-18 because of her distaste for the state of things.
I know I sound like her publicist haha. Her music helped me out when I was younger, but it helped me out even more during the pandemic when I was in a pretty rough spot. I think it was Folklore where she went from a more pop sound to a folksy sound, and I absolutely love it. Her music then onwards has been really introspective and self critical and brutally honest. It's incredibly relatable.
It was her publicist that made her have those parties and never give any political statements. 2018 coincided with when she left her old publisher. She has talked about being pushed to apolitical as possible so as to appeal to conservative America.
That sounds right. I can't remember what she said exactly, but I could swear she also said once that she was taught in country music to be apolitical and not speak out.
I have to say, I'm really glad she left that publicist. She seems genuinely happier.
You are a very easily swayed person
idk, but more than just saying "voting is important"
Nice of her to do this, but I have to say, for someone who can break Ticketmaster's website due to sales volume, 35k is kind of paltry.
Tbf how many ticket buyers are already registered voters. Progress is progress!
I'm not trying to let the perfect be the enemy of the good here, I'm more castigating her fans than her. They'll go nuts to get tickets to a concert, but ask them to register to vote, not even vote, and do it online... too hard.
I think a lot of her fanbase doesn't meet the age requirement to vote
Since they said that was record breaking volume for the site, it's entirely possible that they gave it the Swiftie Hug of Death
Fair and saddening
I guess it's nice that so many people registered, but how many will actually vote come election day?
Lets ask Taylor or the Kardashians to tell them to go to vote.
This is crazy
I’ll admit it. I do listen to her songs.
There's a tendency for people to look down on stuff that is too "mainstream" while simultaneously ignoring why it is popular.
You're goddamn right
SAY YOU'LL REMEMBER ME STANDING IN A WHITE DRESS STANDING IN THE SUNSET BABE
I was listening to NPR the other day and there was a segment where they were just talking to a convicted murderer, in prison, who was raving about how much he loves Taylor Swift. I'm not sure what the point of the segment was other than that Taylor Swift is very popular.
It'll be an interesting thing to see how this affects politics. Swift's core demographic- young, relatively affluent white women- don't have the best record when it comes to turning out to vote, so if she mobilizes significant change there that could make a difference. On the other hand, affluent white women that do vote have tended in recent years to vote for the patriarchy. Will an influx of younger women voters, especially those with Roe on their mind, shift that trend?
Taylor Swift is a very outspoken Democrat and her fans know it. Pretty safe to say that most of her fans lean that way as well. They may or may not actually show up on election day.
this is the lamest reputation laundering I've ever seen
she has several hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate during a housing crisis and she owns a private jet during a climate crisis. She is directly responsible for hundreds of deaths by pathologically excessive emissions and hoarding, and she will be responsible for hundreds more. Her net worth is $740 million, if she actually cared she could slap together a canvassing campaign to get a million people registered for one percent of her net worth, or she could just buy a couple senate seats for barely any more. But she doesn't, because this is advertising that didn't cost her a cent and only took a single tweet.
Don't fall for it.
Of course, she's a rich white person
Taylor Swift the white racist with the nazi fanbase? Oh great
Huh?
A broken clock is right twice a day. She's still a capitalist multi-millionaire and complicit in the corrupt music industry and has defended TicketMaster/LiveNation for their monopoly of live music. Like everything she does, it's all performative.
Quite literally, if I saw the headline "Taylor Swift Performance Stops Trump Presidency" I would believe it given how messed up our timeline is.
Are we sure she is not pro Trump?
Ah, good for her.
So she is a product of it, was raised in it, succeeded in it and is working to make it better for others and you are mad about that?
She's another Hollywood multi-millionaire nepo baby whose only success came from whose legs she slid out of.
I don't give a fuck that she's a multi millionaire. You know why? Let's look at some math:
Why the hell should I be upset at her advocating for people to go register to vote? Is 10M-100M too much wealth? Yeah, but I'm far more concerned about the people making billions by sitting on their asses than I am about someone making millions by being an immensely popular song writer and singer (whose music is awesome).
This is like yelling at a retail worker for their return policy instead of yelling at the executives, who the worker is actively agreeing fucking suck. You're falling for a talking point that the billionaires love to use to spread division. Like it or not, Taylor Swift not only works for her money, but she's also been fucked over by billionaires in recording studios. She is closer to working class than she is to the filthy rich.
I hope she sees this dude.
Her complicity in the TicketMaster/LiveNation monopoly is reason enough for me to hate her. Sorry but you're not gonna change my mind. I appreciate the effort you put in your comment though
Eh, have an upvote for appreciating the argument even if we still disagree.
Look, I slid out of a poor's legs. I too am jelly.
Also isn't she the single worst person for private jet usage on the planet or something?
In what world are conservatives obsessed with private jets? Private jets are fucking awful for the environment, the thing conservatives famously dont care about.
So its about "owning the libs" not caring about the environment.
And does republicans using the argument make it wrong by default?
read my comment again. I said they famously dont care about the enviroment.