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/Flirtymiranda03 6d ago

Swifties starting their political era.

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u/Bertrando1 6d ago

Idk if it’s impressive or sad that this many people are only registering to vote because a billionaire celebrity told them they should.

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u/Batwaffel 6d ago

It's a pathway in and usually young adults need that because politics at that age are very boring to most people in their 20's into 30's. It's happened in most generations this way. Remember Rock the Vote MTV started airing in the 90's to essentially plead with young people the importance of voting?

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u/reanima 5d ago

Young adults sometimes feel like they just "dont know enough" about life or politics to think theyre going to make an intelligent vote so they end up not doing so. Gotta tell them its ok not knowing everything. Its 100% ok to leave stuff blank if youre unsure, just vote for the stuff that has an impact to you.

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u/hill-o 5d ago

Politics is really uninviting to the young, too. It’s helpful to have people encouraging them to get involved. 

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u/ties__shoes 5d ago

Didn't they wind up doing some town hall type things on MTV? Perhaps I am just too far out of the loop to know if things like that happen now but it would be rad if there are young adult focused events where more time is given to issues most important to them.