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Musician Taylor Swift‘s endorsement of vice president Kamala Harris has sparked a nationwide voter registration surge – as well as an unprecedented influx of new voter registrations in South Carolina.
Swift endorsed Harris in a post on her Instagram page this week, and while she may be a self-described “anti-hero” in her music – she’s a heroine to tens of millions of Americans (especially young voters who abandoned Democrats earlier this election cycle).
“I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 presidential election,” Swift wrote. “I’m voting for (Harris) because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I 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.”
Within 24 hours, nearly 400,000 people had clicked on a voter registration link Swift supplied in her endorsement post.
In South Carolina, the impact of Swift’s endorsement/registration push was felt immediately. According to documents obtained from the S.C. Election Commission (SCVotes.gov), her post prompted a huge spike in online voter registration beginning shortly after it was made public.
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Nearly 2,000 new voter registrations were record on September 11, 2024 – more than twice the number recorded the previous day and nearly three times the rolling weekday average from the previous week. That was just the beginning of the surge, though.
According to election officials, more than 6,200 voter registration attempts had been made between midnight and noon today (September 12, 2024). While an official tally of successful registrations won’t be available until tomorrow, that’s roughly ten times the rolling weekday average from the previous week.
And that’s just half of one day…
The influx of voter registration traffic was so intense it reportedly dragged down the state’s election management system.
“We have received reports of our systems running slowly or being unresponsive for some users,” a notice posted to the SCVotes website announced. “We appreciate your patience as we investigate and look toward resolving the issue.”
Swift’s endorsement – and the voter registration surge it sparked – obviously won’t make a difference in South Carolina. Trump is going to win the bright red Palmetto State in a walk. But the influx of new voters could help move the needle in some local races – and obviously all eyes will be on our nation’s seven key battleground states to see how it impacts electorates there.
Swift’s decision to endorse Harris immediately sparked intense recrimination from the right – including allegations that she was merely a puppet of one of the world’s most notorious left wing donors.
As evidence, they pointed to the fact Swift sold her music catalogue to a group backed by liberal billionaire George Soros in 2019 after she was not allowed to purchase the original masters from her first six albums.
Take a look…
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FLASHBACK: Taylor Swift: “After I was denied the chance to purchase my music outright, my entire catalog was sold to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings in a deal that I’m told was funded by the Soros family, 23 Capital and the Carlyle Group,” pic.twitter.com/CLQE7bgQcX
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 30, 2024
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After the catalogue was sold for $400 million in 2020, Swift re-recorded and re-released her first six albums.
“Songs mean a lot when songs are bought,” indie rock icon Stephen Malkmus once sang.
Indeed…
Hollywood has played an outsized role in the 2024 election cycle thus far. Back in July, actor George Clooney helped lead the Democratic coup that ultimately forced president Joe Biden from the ticket. Now Swift has
For his part, former president Donald Trump took the news in stride.
“It was just a question of time,” Trump told Fox News. “She couldn’t possibly endorse Biden. You look at Biden, you couldn’t possibly endorse him.”
“She’s a very liberal person,” Trump added. “She seems to always endorse a Democrat. And she’ll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace.”
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Will Folks is the owner and founding editor of FITSNews. Prior to founding his own news outlet, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina, bass guitarist in an alternative rock band and bouncer at a Columbia, S.C. dive bar. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.
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18 comments
She’s dating Travis Kelce, how intelligent can she be?
Oh, poor baby, she didn’t pick you. :(
You date no one. That’s how smart every one else is.
You have to question the intelligence of anyone whose political “awareness” is inspired by Taylor Swift. “I’m voting for (Harris) because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.”
Kamala is a card-carrying gun grabber. Not sure what “rights” she “fights” for, but it isn’t The Second Amendment.
Before you call me a Trumptard, I am far from it. Trump works for the same NWO/JWO as Kamala. I left the Presidential part of my ballot blank in 2020 and will do so in a couple of months, again. Trump is no friend of The Second Amendment, either. I am surprised that his liberal daughter Ivanka isn’t a-hole buds with Taylor Swift, ……. or is she?
You really hate Jewish people, don’t you Adolph Jr?
You really enjoy fellating them as they take over everything and destroy it, don’t you Frankenstein?
You mean the guy on the winning Super Bowl team? She obviously doesn’t care for total losers, like Diaper Donny Dementia or you.
This dump is reaching new lows for reposting jamokes like Benny Johnson…who’s next, Laura Loomer?
“As evidence, they pointed to the fact Swift sold her music catalogue to a group backed by liberal billionaire George Soros in 2019 after she was not allowed to purchase the original masters from her first six albums.”
Swift did not sell her masters, Scooter Braun did without her knowledge. More crack reporting from Will here. Maybe Will is suffering some cognitive impairment? Alternative facts!
“For his part, former president Donald Trump took the news in stride.”
Haha. Trump doesn’t take anything in stride. He can take consolation knowing that he has Lee Greenwood, Kid Rock, and Ted Nugent locked up.
Ah yes, the Tenet Media “victims” love to co-mingle.
No surprise Folks is reposting Russian asset Benny Johnson. Will is a Russian asset too. But he’s too dumb to get paid for it, he just does it for free because he’s a useful idiot.
Yea, I think Will got some of that Russian money. Trump took it in stride? Really? He previously posted an AI-generated Taylor Swift saying she supported him, along with fake Swifties for Trump. Well, that backfired; along with JD’s “childless cat lady quip.
All the right-wing media attacking Swift, is all the evidence we need that he did not take it in stride. He told his minions to go after her. But, that will backfire as well. A lot more people like her than like him. Here’s hoping they can rack up some voter registration in Florida, Georgia, and NC. That will really piss him off.
At least he didn’t offer to impregnate her like Creep-lon Musk. Jesus these cons make your skin crawl don’t they?
I’m guessing the Swifties won’t be voting for Grampa Shitzinpants or Beardo the Weirdo Couchfucker.
Hey Will, where’s your story about how Trump won the debate?
I can’t believe there has been no story about the debate on this site. LOL. How many attended the Harris NC rallies yesterday? 17000 attended Kamala’s Greensboro rally, and 9000+- in Charlotte. How many were at the Trump rally in AZ? 2000-5000? Trump cult central won’t say, (afraid of flying ketchup I guess) but the facility maximum is about 3000.
Oh and rumor has it there were guards at the doors to make sure nobody left early, but that rumor could be wrong.
But the creep said nobody goes to her rallies. Could he have been lying?
I stay away from whatever Taylor Swift endorses.