Maybe it's not so much a “love story” after all.
Taylor Swift's endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, could alienate voters rather than attract them.
In a new post-debate poll released Saturday by YouGov, 8 percent of voters said the pop superstar's endorsement made them “somewhat” or “greatly more likely” to vote for a Democrat. But a whopping 20 percent said they were “somewhat” or “greatly less likely” to vote for former President Donald Trump's opponent now that Swift has spoken.
The majority of respondents, 66%, said Swift's endorsement would have no impact on how they voted in November.
“I've done my research and I've made my choice,” the Grammy-winning artist wrote in an Instagram post to her 283 million followers shortly after Tuesday night's debate. “All of my research is my own and the choice is my own.”
She called Harris a “stable and talented leader” who can lead “with calm and without chaos.”
The majority of respondents to the online poll (32%) said they thought the move would have a positive impact on Harris' campaign, while 27% said they thought it would have no impact either way.
Forty-one percent (about 460 people) said the “Shake It Off” singer should not talk about politics in public, while 38 percent said she should publicly show her support.
66% of survey respondents said they were not Swift fans, 28% said they were fans, and 6% said they were raving fans. The majority of raving fans were female and Democrats.
Swift's endorsement reportedly caused a surge in traffic to the voter registration website vote.gov through Wednesday afternoon.
A spokesperson said: 337,826 people visited vote.gov after clicking on a custom link Swift shared on Instagram.
Overall, 46% said Harris won the debate and 19% said Trump won, but just 6% said they had reconsidered their vote and 76% said they had not. According to YouGov.
