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Taylor Swift Drove Nearly 338K People to Vote.gov With Kamala Harris Endorsement Post

www.hollywoodreporter.com Taylor Swift Drove Nearly 338K People to Vote.gov With Kamala Harris Endorsement Post

According to data from the GSA, Swift's post directed 337,826 people to the site, which refers people to their local state election websites.

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- Oh wow this meme being used for a good thing. Maybe the darkest timeline is brightening.
Underestimate Swifties at your peril. Live Nation-Ticketmaster has been a loathed monopoly for years and they screwed up one Taylor Swift sale and there were Congressional hearings and a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice joined by 30 states’ Attorneys General.
- Indeed. I’m delighted that LN/TM is finding out after fucking around so much for so long.
  
  On an unrelated note, props for the usage of the correct plural form 🍻
- for real? Where can I read more details about it?
  
  This is a start. I’m not sure where to get the actual legal filings though. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-live-nation-ticketmaster-monopolizing-markets-across-live-concert
  
  So lazy lol.
- It is in Taylor Swift’s best interest for Kamala to win. Trump will stop these investigations. Kamala will likely continue them.
- Taylor Swift sucks almost as much as the people who like her music.
  
  I don't actually think that but I'd rather see that than all this 'taylor swift fans are the mightiest force in the universe' crap good lord. Causes headaches on account of all the involuntary spastic eye rolling.
  
  Kpop too lol
  
  It's not so much a special capacity of swifties, but that they're probably the only large unified bloc anywhere on the electoral left. I like them because they're a large enough group of progressive liberals to prove that a unified front is absolutely effective
  
  We get it, you're too cool for popular stuff
  
  For some reason you're applying some moral attachment to something that is purely about the size of the group.
  
  Her endorsement is powerful because of the numbers of people it drove to voter registration, and therefore some significant percentage of them to actually vote. Not because she's awesome, or good, or whatever you're upset about
  
  do you know anything about her or do you hate her because she's Taylor Swift? she actually seems to be an empathetic and good person. i don't listen to her music, but that doesn't stop me from recognizing her values.
This is simultaneously wonderful and depressing.
- If this is what it takes to get the 18-30 year olds to the polls in the right states, idgaf. Just win, baby!
  
  Oh absolutely, by any means necessary. Which is why I say it's wonderful.
  
  But it's disheartening that a celeb endorsement can drive such engagement. Might be dating myself here but it always reminds me of "what does Ja Rule think!?!"
  
  Not to mention, there's senate and house seats countrywide that could be won with these people.
- My first vote might have been because of free coffee at Starbucks for I Voted stickers. In other words, it can always be dumber ;p
  
  Ha, that's pretty good! Thanks for the perspective.
  
  I've voted in every election for which I've been eligible, so I wonder if some of my votes were just to keep the streak alive even if only subconsciously.
- Right there with ya. The fact that this is a thing in our society is just... I'll take it, but yikes. Glad she didn't endorse trump I guess.
  
  how much of a shit did you give about the crusty old white people in government when you were 10-18 yrs old?
  
  My first thought was "imagine if Putin could have afforded her".
Whatever your opinion of her/Swifties, this is ultimately good news.
- Is it? They are bringing votes to a political party who is supporting a genocide where more than 40k people died so far, many of them are children.
  
  Imagine if they brought hundreds of thousands votes to a third party or imagine if they would use the same leverage to boycott private jets or discouraging consumerism.
  
  Yeah, Trump presidency would definitely not cause thousands to die.
  
  Link totally irrelevant https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/10/us-coronavirus-response-donald-trump-health-policy
  
  They are bringing votes to a political party who is supporting a genocide where more than 40k people died so far, many of them are children.
  
  It would be no different under the alternative administration. Probably worse actually. There is a very good reason that Iran created a plot to kill Trump and continues to hammer on influencing against Trump. https://www.npr.org/2024/07/16/nx-s1-5042424/trump-iran-plot
  
  I saw your history and eww. Just gonna hit that ol block button
"Young people never vote. It's pointless to listen to them." - centrists who don't want policy changes.
- A big chunk of Swifties are in their 30s at this point
  
  Some people seem to forget that younger generations get older too.
  
  Her first album is old enough to vote
- The Thor of our universe is also an attractive blonde who has been worshipped by millions of Earthlings
But what exactly were all these people waiting for?... Did they really need Taylor to tell them this? I mean the answer is obviously yes but why?
- An incredible and depressing number of people in the world don't know what to wear, eat, watch, where to go on holiday or who to vote for until a celebrity tells them to do it.
  
  We live in a society that does everything in its power to prevent people from empowering ourselves. It's hard to see outside that panopticon, I do not blame the people for their own disenfranchisement.
- Young people who didn't consider voting before probably.
- A lot of people don't pay attention to politics, and don't realize things like the need to register to vote since their last move, since their name changed when they got married, etc. They just want to shake it out.
- Especially from younger people, but not unheard of from older people, is a phrase similar to "I'm not really into politics". People may not realize that they can ignore politics as much as they want, but politics will affect their lives through and through.
Talor Swift endorsing Kamala.

What the swifties hear: Would you kindly vote for Kamala?
Noooo don’t vote! Go back to eating your animals in Ohio you trans immigrant convicts!
I can't believe Taylor Swift drove instead of taking the plane...
Are these confirmed voters or the amount of people clicking a link
- It's link based; vote.gov doesn't actually register — they connect people with the correct state voter registration website.
- Maybe you should try reading the article.
Hell yeah good news! Billionaire shapes public opinion! Endorse the hell out of that candidate! I love democracy, don't you agree my fellow democratic citiziens of this wonderful country?
Should we be saying "drove" or "flew in on her private jet"?
Imagine the impact she could have had if she had the balls to actually denounce genocide in Gaza. Art is supposed to shape society, not the other way around.
- Imagine the impact she could have had if she had the balls to actually denounce genocide in Gaza.
  
  You seem to have upset lemmy's pro-genocide contingent.
  
  EDIT: As have I. They identify themselves below.
  
  More likely because it has nothing to do with the topic of discussion.
  
  Oh fuck off. Nobody is pro-genocide.
  
  pro-genocide
  
  Totally a good faith argument.
Hollywood news on lemmy frontpage, my grandma has better awareness i'm not kidding if i have a political discussion with her the quality would be higher
- Cool. Sign off and talk to Grandma then. You won't be missed.
  
  You are confirming that the quality of the discussion here is zero
- 338k people suddenly registering in one day is news.
  
  As a journalist, the logical question when writing that article would be "why did so many people register suddenly?" And so you write that part into the article/headline to add context for the reader who will probably have that same question.
  
  Otherwise people say "what a shit article, why is this on the front page of Lemmy? I can look up that number for myself"
- If I had to spend actual real world time with you, I would probably just knod and agree with your shit-takes like your gran does.
  
  You seem to think you're a warm soul who is inviting to discussion but in reality you're just another sour cunt crying online for attention.
  
  you’re just another sour cunt crying online for attention.
  
  You are replying to multiple posts in this fashion, you sure you are good?
- Unlike Taylor Swift's jet, you don't need to announce your departure

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