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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


After weeks of Republican media pundits and a former presidential candidate vilifying her, going as far as saying she's a Defense Department psy-op, it seems all but certain Trump will jump into the fray soon as well after Rolling Stone reported one of his confidants predicted a "holy war" against the pop sensation.

If that and the aforementioned survey are correct, that means there are nearly 137 million voting-age Swift supporters situated across the US, or approximately 60% of the total number of votes cast in the 2020 presidential election for either Biden or Trump.

Sure, many of those millions of conservative fans won't cross the aisle in retribution for sullying Swift's name, but Biden won nine states in 2020 by less than 100,000 votes.

If just a small fraction of Swift's Republican fans defect over such attacks, it could legitimately help Biden secure a second term in the White House.

A colleague of mine was baselessly slandered as a groomer and a pedophile, had their family doxxed, and received death threats from Swifties for the crime of simply enjoying Beyoncé's recent tour more than Swift's.

The Swifties' condemnation of that opinion, as minor as it was, highlights a major reason they're more dangerous to Trump's reelection plans than any Democratic leader in the country: While Democrats have routinely refused to "go low" instead of "high" responding to Trump's bullying, Swift fans have never held back and they're not held to the same standards and in positions of power.


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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Donald Trump is losing the war against his own stupid mouth, of course he's not going to win against the Swifties.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I really feel this is a Streisand Effect taking action. There's no way this doesn't make Taylor Swift more political.

Her voter-turnout drives will be massive for the election.

Oh and if you hear any of these people complain about celebrities, remind them that they got Clint Eastwood talking to an empty chair at the RNC in some demented rant.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

and Ronnie Raygun.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

To put that into perspective, the 2020 US Census found there are around 258.3 million adults in the country. If that and the aforementioned survey are correct, that means there are nearly 137 million voting-age Swift supporters situated across the US, or approximately 60% of the total number of votes cast in the 2020 presidential election for either Biden or Trump.

I've always said a third party vote is a waste.

But the vast majority of my presidential votes has been for candidates I think will be bad presidents, just a Republican would be worse.

If Tay Tay ran a third party campaign...

I'd vote for her in a heartbeat, literally every reason that's making me vote Biden is true for her as well. She has the support to pull it off, enough that if she ran, voting for Biden would be the "throwing your vote away" choice.

Even if she literally did nothing as president, that's better than Biden only doing some of the awful shit trump would do.

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