Flying Squid@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoTaylor Swift endorses Kamala Harriswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1948arrow-down143file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·2 months agoWhen the most popular musician in the world, a woman who has a vast number of American followers, a woman who got thousands of them to register to vote this year just by saying so, endorses a candidate, it’s news.
minus-squareCyrus Draegur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoPrecisely. It is the act of an influential human. Of course we’ll notice. Simple as.
minus-squarenieminen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoJust saw that her endorsement prompted 307k new voter registrations TODAY.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThose are the sort of numbers that could change a presidential election outcome.
When the most popular musician in the world, a woman who has a vast number of American followers, a woman who got thousands of them to register to vote this year just by saying so, endorses a candidate, it’s news.
Precisely.
It is the act of an influential human. Of course we’ll notice. Simple as.
Just saw that her endorsement prompted 307k new voter registrations TODAY.
Those are the sort of numbers that could change a presidential election outcome.