r/Music • u/ebradio • 6d ago

Taylor Swift's Endorsement of Kamala Harris Has Resulted in a "400% to 500% Increase" in Voter Registration article

https://consequence.net/2024/09/taylor-swift-kamala-harris-endorsement-voter-registration/
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u/TheMooseIsBlue 6d ago

The numbers suggest around half of them registered. Great if true.

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u/The_Big_Come_Up 5d ago

Even if it’s 25% depending on where the person is located can make a huge difference. I’m kinda worried a large percentage is in CA… Vote people like your rights depend on it.

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u/Snap_Zoom 6d ago

F'n'a - thank you!

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u/lukeCRASH 5d ago

Never seen f'n'a stylized that way, and apart from making it f'n'eh (am Canadian), I love it.

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u/Tasty_Delivery283 5d ago

Which numbers suggest that? Some of these numbers come from a firm called TargetSmart but it’s not clear they have access to this kind of data. And how would they?

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u/Bricka_Bracka 5d ago

Which numbers?

8, 2, and 34 have made positive comments. 3 is against. Silence from everything above 100...

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u/Tasty_Delivery283 5d ago

What are you talking about?

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u/eragonawesome2 5d ago

They're making a joke about the phrase "Which numbers suggest that?" By taking it literally and implying that numbers themselves are offering their opinions. Like the number 17 saying "I think it's great!"

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u/Even_Might2438 5d ago

Could you ask 69's for its view on the matter?

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u/Bricka_Bracka 5d ago

Initial response: "Nice .."

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u/Bearandbreegull 5d ago

They don't have access to that kind of data. It looks like their numbers are actually just counting how many total people used their API which powers the "click here to check the status of your voter registration" feature on vote.org et al. And possibly tracking any resulting registrations from that, maybe.

Responsible outlets are just reporting this story as "Tswift helps drive interest in voter registrations" or "voter registrations increase in the wake of debate and Tswift endorsement". Without claiming causation. 

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u/LivesDoNotMatter 5d ago

Good point. It would be interesting to see some actual numbers come out.

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u/guareber 5d ago

Numbers without sources are useless. We don't have any idea what the sources for those estimates are right now.

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u/r0thar 5d ago

Great if true.

Only if they remember to vote on the day, like and subscribe won't cut it

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u/temporalanomaly 6d ago

Many probably were registered already

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u/Terrible-Cause-9901 6d ago

Ya the TS fan I knew, her and all her friends were educated voting types. I imagine the ones that didn’t register already are.

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u/Having-a-Fire___Sale 5d ago

If you're someone that wasn't going to even register until a singer happened to post a link, then your vote is not one to count on.

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u/Terrible-Cause-9901 6d ago

Thanks for the info. Although, I’d say it’s more of a shame that it takes TS to get 200-250k ppl to register to vote. Let’s see what number Kid Rock can pull (prolly a lot 12-14 years ago) 😂

Also that was the info I came for