Greater than half of voters in a brand new survey say they assist pop star Taylor Swift’s get-out-the-vote effort to push her followers to vote on this yr’s election, however the quantity is down 15 factors from February following a conspiracy idea surrounding the thought of a rigged Tremendous Bowl.
The newly launched Monmouth College ballot discovered 53 % of voters approve of Swift’s push to get her followers to vote, with 35 % saying they disapprove. Twelve % mentioned they didn’t know.
After the talk between former President Trump and Vice President Harris final week, Swift endorsed Harris.
Swift is relationship Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce and attended the staff’s Tremendous Bowl recreation towards the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas. On the time, a conspiracy idea was floated that the sport could possibly be rigged for the Chiefs to make sure most publicity for a Swift endorsement of President Biden.
There was no proof of such a plot, and there was no endorsement at the moment from Swift.
However Monmouth famous assist for Swift’s efforts has dropped considerably because the conspiracy idea.
“Curiously, assist for the singer’s get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts had been a lot greater seven months in the past, when she was the topic of a debunked conspiracy idea across the election and the Tremendous Bowl,” Monmouth wrote in a press launch.
It famous that 68 % of voters backed Swift’s turn-out-the-vote efforts in February. Whereas assist for Swift’s political engagement stays “astronomically excessive” amongst Democrats, Monmouth famous, it has dropped from 41 % to twenty % amongst Republicans and 73 % to 52 % amongst independents.
“Republicans had been cautious of Swift all alongside. What we don’t know is whether or not this can have any impact on the a part of her fan base who already leans proper,” mentioned Patrick Murray, director of the impartial Monmouth College Polling Institute, within the launch.
The ballot comes every week after the 14-time Grammy award winner issued her much-anticipated endorsement of Harris.
“I’ve achieved my analysis, and I’ve made my selection,” Swift wrote to her 283 million Instagram followers. “Your analysis is all yours to do, and the selection is yours to make. I additionally wish to say, particularly to first time voters: Keep in mind that with a purpose to vote, it’s important to be registered!”
Lower than 24 hours after her put up, the General Services Administration announced that greater than 330,000 guests who had been referred to the voter info web site via Swift’s customized hyperlink had flocked to vote.gov.
Regardless of Swift’s Democratic endorsement, 81 % in an ABC News/Ipsos poll earlier this week mentioned her assist for Harris is not going to affect how they vote, with solely 6 % of respondents saying they’re extra more likely to vote for Harris after Swift’s nod. 13 % mentioned it makes them much less more likely to again the Democratic ticket.
The Monmouth College ballot was carried out from Sept. 11-15 with a probability-based nationwide random pattern of 803 voters and has a margin of error of three.9 share factors.
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