Reuters on March 6 reported that superstar Taylor Swift called on hundreds of millions of fans to vote for the Super Tuesday primary election in the US, but did not specifically support President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. or any candidate.
The 14-time Grammy Award-winning artist is on the Eras Tour, the world’s highest-grossing concert tour with ticket sales of more than $1 billion.
On Instagram with his 282 million followers, the 35-year-old American artist plans to vote and posted a link to vote.org, a non-profit voter registration group.
“I want to remind you to vote for those who best represent you to power,” she wrote on Intagram Stories in white letters on a black background.
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Taylor Swift has expressed her political opinions before, supporting President Joe Biden in 2020. She also criticized former President Donald Trump.
Mr. Victor Shi, the youngest delegate elected for Mr. Joe Biden in 2020 when he was only 21 years old, cheered Taylor Swift’s post and thanked her on social networking platform X.
“This is a simple but extremely effective motivation for her followers – and remember, voter registration rates broke records because of her. This is why we will win”, according to Mr. Shi.
According to a March 2023 survey by Morning Consult Company (USA), nearly three-quarters of Taylor Swift’s ardent fans are white and just over half are women and Democrats. About 45% of survey participants were identified as belonging to the group born between 1981-1996.
During an appearance on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers last week, Mr. Biden joked with the host about conspiracy theories that he and superstar Taylor Swift were “in cahoots.”
Mr. Meyer said that a recent survey showed that 18% of Americans polled thought that President Biden and Ms. Taylor Swift would work together.