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MAGA is straight up losing it after Taylor Swift’s Harris endorsement
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The number of Taylor Swift fans that planned to vote for trump was probably a very small number anyway
It's not about them. It's about the ones who weren't going to vote at all. Republicans lose when people turn out to vote.
Yep, we can make them go away by showing up and doing the minimum necessary to keep our democracy functional.
And so help me god if she militarized her base the GOP is fucked. They're playing with fire. I don't think people understand the soft power TS has. These are voting age kids, or kids of people who are voting age.
In less than 24 hours nearly 400k Americans registered to vote using the specific link that she provided. That's the number that matters. If they actually go vote that is enormous.
But I'd suspect the number of Taylor Swift fans who weren't going to vote at all was a fair bit larger.
Granted, there's really no consensus on the impact of celebrity endorsements, but if anyone can affect how people vote, I'd wager that the biggest pop star in the country could be the one to do it
Endorsements, sure. But 1/3 million people have registered to vote using Taylor's link. That's going to be significant.
They are scared of younger swift fans who weren't planning on voting at all.
You're not getting it.
How many of them weren't going to vote? How many will now?
It's not just about winning over undecided voters, you also need to convince apathetic voters and motivate lazy people to actually cast a ballot.