Fans heap praise on Taylor Swift for helping ensure that registered voters actually vote early: 'She literally invented politics'
Taylor Swift may have been reluctant to talk about politics before. But after posting about the importance of the upcoming midterm elections and inciting a spike in voter registration in her home state of Tennessee, the pop star seems to be on a roll with political posts. Now, she’s encouraging her 112 million Instagram followers to vote early.
Swift took to Instagram on Wednesday to post a few photos alongside a call for young voters to learn more about early voting — something she says she wishes she knew about when she was first old enough to vote.
A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Oct 17, 2018 at 6:02am PDT
The megastar included a link in her bio to the early voting calendar, which lists early voting dates and information for each state. And the effort isn’t going unnoticed.
People are praising Swift for following up on her previous post and doing her part to ensure that all those who she motivated to register don’t let their actions go to waste.
Taylor Swift is educating everyone about early voting now and I’m amazed
— kennedybeal (@kennedybeal1) October 17, 2018
I’m going to be out of town on Election Day and tbh @taylorswift13 post made it easy for me to find out the early voting dates in my state and I’m more likely to actually do it now…… HELPFUL QUEEN
— Katie wants TS7🐍 (@swiftlykatie) October 17, 2018
holy crap thank you @taylorswift13 for the Early Voting insta post – I genuinely wasn’t aware and thought I’d have to put in an absentee ballot since I won’t be in NY.. ty so much you’re a real hero
— Zainub Amir (@zainubamir) October 17, 2018
I’m so proud of taylor first her massive instagram post advising people to vote and sharing her political leaning and now making sure people are aware of early voting so that they don’t waste their registration!!! she literally invented politics I love tayliberal swift
— ben (misses taylor) (@styIeswift) October 17, 2018
Early voting in Texas starts in ONE WEEK. Guys this is an IMPORTANT Election. Taylor swift spoke up so let’s not disappoint her. If your a Texas Swifite who supports immigration reform,women rights,education reform, equality. Next Monday please vote for @BetoORourke pic.twitter.com/M83JG5BWUX
— 🇬🇹Barbie 🇲🇽TAYLOR SWIFTS SNAKE CHILD 🐍 (@Barbiebambi7) October 15, 2018
Of course, some still believe that Swift shouldn’t be getting so involved in politics and discussing her personal views, telling her to “be quiet and sing!” However, the strength of her star power is now taken into account, if only slightly, when looking at voter turnout.
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