𝕋𝕒𝕪𝕝𝕠𝕣 𝕊𝕨𝕚𝕗𝕥 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕂𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕒 ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕖𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤

𝕋𝕒𝕪𝕝𝕠𝕣 𝕊𝕨𝕚𝕗𝕥, 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕪'𝕤 𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕤, 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕂𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕒 ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕.

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think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos,” Swift wrote in an Instagram post, which included a link to a voter registration website.

Swift has a dedicated following among young women, a key demographic in the November election, and her latest tour has generated more than US$1 billion in ticket sales. In a half hour, the post received more than 2.3 million likes.

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She included a picture of herself holding her cat Benjamin Button, and she signed the message “Childless Cat Lady.” The remark is a reference to three-year-old comments made by JD Vance, Donald Trump's running mate, about women without children not having an equal stake in the country's future.

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Swift wrote that her endorsement was partially prompted by Trump’s decision to post AI-generated pictures suggesting that she had endorsed him. One showed Swift dressed as Uncle Sam, and the text said “Taylor wants YOU to VOTE for DONALD TRUMP.”

Trump's posts “brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter,” Swift wrote. She added that "I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice."

The Trump campaign dismissed Swift's endorsement.

“This is further evidence that the Democrat Party has unfortunately become a party of the wealthy elites,” said spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.

“There’s many Swifties for Trump out there in America,” she said, herself included.

Swift's endorsement was not exactly a surprise.

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In 2020, she supported US president Joe Biden, and she cheered for Harris in her debate against then-vice president Mike Pence. She also was openly critical of Trump, saying he had stoked “the fires of white supremacy and racism.”

Swift is a popular figure nationwide, but especially among Democrats. An October 2023 Fox News poll found that 55% of voters overall, including 68% of Democrats, said they had a favourable view of Swift. Republicans were divided, with 43% having a favourable opinion and 45% an unfavourable one.

AP VoteCast suggests that a partisan divide on Swift was apparent as early as 2018. That’s the year Swift made her first political endorsement, supporting Tennessee Democrat Phil Bredesen for Senate over Republican Marsha Blackburn.

VoteCast found that among Tennessee voters that year, 55% of Democrats and just 19% of Republicans said they had a favourable opinion of Swift. Blackburn won by a comfortable margin in the deep red state.

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