Given that there are seven states with voters whose votes will determine the outcome of that election, and only perhaps 10-15% of them who aren't already firmly pro-Harris or pro-Trump, there isn't a lot any candidate can do to sway the outcome unless they or their proxies can motivate first-time voters to register and vote for them. Who do you think these 337,000 and counting Swifties are registering to vote for?:
"As for the entertainer’s impact, the General Services Administration confirmed with NBC News that, as of midday Wednesday, more than 337,00 people visited a custom URL that Swift posted on Instagram. The custom URL directs people to vote.gov, a website that helps people to register to vote." (source)
I wonder how her concerts do in those swing states. As far as I know, she sells out every venue she plays.
Both of the following links are about a half year old now
[1] From Taylor Swift's fan base is increasing in swing states (from Mar 2024)
"With those reactions in mind, I did some research [link 2 below] and found that Swift's fan base is increasing in the swing states, where Google searches for the pop star increased by 216 percent in the past year, including Michigan (228 percent). The two other states with the biggest increases were solidly Republican Florida (219 percent) and Iowa (273 percent). This data reveals how Swift and her growing fanbase could influence the U.S. election, with 225 electoral votes up for grabs in the swing states. Narrowing things down, four of the five so-called tossup states saw higher than average searches for Swift, especially in Wisconsin (282 percent increase)."
[2] Also, Taylor Swift US Election Influence (from Feb 2024)
"According to new data, five ‘tossup’ States could have a huge bearing on the election. Arizona, Maine, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are all in the balance, but legions of Taylor Swift fans have sent searches for Swift way above the average increase in swing states (216%) in all but one state - Arizona (+185%)."
Their use of the term swing state has changed. They're calling states such as NB and ME swing states in the above, but the trend is that her popularity soared prior to these dates and it has only increased since then.
You don't see the irony there? This is what Vance said:
"We admire Taylor Swift’s music, but I don’t think most Americans, whether they like her music, are fans of hers or not, are going to be influenced by a billionaire celebrity who I think is fundamentally disconnected from the interests and the problems of most Americans."
Every MAGA is influenced by a celebrity billionaire (or at least Trump used to be one) disconnected from ordinary Americans, and Swift is not that last part.
Yet they are paid hundreds of millions of dollars for their celebrity endorsements. Some seems to think their opinions are influential.
If he loses, you'll be taking your chances with Harris.
Are you planning to move out of state? If not, it will be the same for you every election.
Most of America disagreed with you. He lost by 8 million votes in 2020, and that was before the insurrection, before he started losing his cognitive abilities, before he became a convicted felon, and before he became so openly dictatorial. Each of those should cost him additional votes, as should Harris' relative youth and her incumbency (as VP), advantages Biden did NOT enjoy when he beat Trump in 2020. Do the math.
Here's a recent summary of Trump as wannabe dictator. I have to assume that the people who approve of that now voted for him in 2020, and a lot of people who voted for him in 2020 find that off-putting:
"There’s been some public conversation of late about Trump’s authoritarian-style vision — and for good reason. The former president is threatening perceived foes with prison sentences, endorsing a “strongman” leadership style, bragging about his support from dictators, raising the prospect of a temporary American “dictatorship,” talking about “terminating” parts of the Constitution that stand in the way of his ambitions, arguing that his rivals shouldn’t be “allowed” to run against him, targeting immigrants with Hitler-style rhetoric while promising to create militarized mass deportations and detention camps, and promising pardons to politically aligned criminals. Trump’s plan to crack down on the free press is a key and radical part of the same agenda."
