Even with the combined star power of Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Cardi B, Jennifer Lopez, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Bruce Springsteen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and many others; It failed to carry Kamala Harris across the finish line on Tuesday — a defeat for the entertainment industry, which had mobilized many celebrities for Democrats in this humiliating election cycle.
President-elect Donald Trump's landslide victory in both the electoral and popular votes points to the decline in the power of Hollywood stars as political influence and message carriers. Hollywood raised Kamala Harris' voice to deafening levels in the final weeks of the campaign, but ultimately American voters ignored it.
This result does not bode well for Hollywood and DC's partnership. No one likes failure, especially image-obsessed celebrities, who will think twice before publicly supporting another major Democrat.
Trump's victory was especially humiliating for Taylor Swift, whose endorsement of Kamala Harris was touted by corporate news media as a game-changer. Swift was considered the holy grail of celebrity endorsements, thanks to her extraordinarily loyal fan base and ability to command media coverage.
Swift timed her endorsement for maximum effect, announcing her endorsement just minutes after the ABC News presidential debate in September. But even she doesn't seem too keen on Kamala, telling fans: “Your research is all up to you, and the choice is yours.”
Beyoncé also received a lot of attention for Kamala Harris. The mega-pop star publicly endorsed Kamala relatively late, appearing at a rally in Houston in late October, but did not perform.
Bringing abortion to the forefront, the singer said: “I am here as a mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in, a world in which we have free control over our bodies, a world in which we are not divided. I am a mother who takes care of me.”
What followed was an unprecedented outpouring of celebrity support for Kamala Harris. Almost every day during the last two weeks of the campaign, another Hollywood star publicly announced his support for the Democratic Party. Julia Roberts and George Clooney did a matching commercial. Leonardo DiCaprio endorsed Kamala as an environmental candidate. J. Lo tried to attract Puerto Rican votes. And “Wet Ass Pussy” rapper Cardi B is always loud
But American voters, reeling from record consumer prices, tax penalties, and a tsunami of illegal immigration, weren't willing to listen to mega-wealthy stars lecture them.
Celebrity endorsements went out of style among Democrats after Hillary Clinton's defeat in 2016, but in 2020 Joe Biden's campaign is recruiting stars to host virtual rallies and fundraisers during the pandemic And it's back in fashion again.
Kamala Harris originally sought out too many celebrity endorsements in the early days of her campaign after stealing the party from Biden, fearing the same accusations of elitism that plagued Hillary Clinton. I wanted to avoid it.
However, with polls showing her virtually tied with Trump in key battleground states, Kamala Harris has unleashed her Hollywood star power. Other stars who came to her rescue late in the game included Lady Gaga, Harrison Ford, and the cast of Disney and Marvel movies. the avengers.
In the end, the stars fell on this year's biggest bombshell, the Kamala Harris campaign.
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