The political invitation of Taylor Swift after the sparks

8:28 am PDT 10/9/2018

by

Evan Real

After the pop star approved two Democratic nominees – and urged his 112 million Instagram subscribers to vote in this year's mid-term elections – Vote.org has seen a sharp increase in the number of Democrats. registrations.

It's not even 48 hours since Taylor Swift urged her 112 million Instagram subscribers to sign up to vote for a politically-laden position, in which she also sponsored two Democratic candidates. The Nashville pop star broke her political silence and ended her message by urging her supporters to "learn" about the candidates running in their own states – and encouraged them to be heard in the mid-term elections. mandate this year.

According to the statistics of Vote.org, the Swifties listened.

"We have registered up to 65,000 registrations in a single 24-hour period since T. Swift's post," said Kamari Guthrie, director of communications at Vote.org. (The Hollywood journalist will update this message when new issues arrive on Tuesday.)

This number is significant as 190,178 new voters were registered throughout the month of September, compared with 56,669 in August. The state of Swift, Tennessee, also recorded a significant increase in the number of registrations. Vote.org registered 2,144 registrations in Tennessee alone in the last 36 hours – an increase from 2,811 new Tennessee voter registrations for the entire month of September and only 951 in August.

Guthrie said that Vote.org had also recorded an unprecedented amount of traffic to their site after Swift's release. In the first 24 hours that followed Swift's Instagram, 155,940 unique visitors clicked on the page – the second-largest traffic site since National Voter Registration Day on September 25th, while there were 304,942 unique visitors.

In her Sunday article, Swift – who hid her political views for years – explained why she could no longer remain silent in the current cultural climate.

After declaring that she was voting for Phil Bredesen, a Democrat who is running for the US Senate in Tennessee against Republican candidate Marsha Blackburn, who has fought to end gay marriage and argued against the law at abortion, the singer explained to her fans why it's more important than ever. for them to vote in November.

"Although in the past, and I want to continue to vote for women in office, I can not support Marsha Blackburn, her Congressional vote record is so annoying and terrifying. Equality of Remuneration for Women She voted against the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which seeks to protect women from domestic violence, criminal harassment and rape at one time. Believes that businesses have the right to refuse to serve same-sex couples, and believes that they should not have the right to marry, "Swift wrote. part. "These are not my Tennessee values."

Swift also said that she would vote for Democrat Jim Cooper in the House of Representatives. Some of Swift's conservative fans blamed him for his political stance – and President Donald Trump, a longtime fan of the pop star, said he loved his music "about 25% less" now . But, on the other hand, Swift was widely applauded – by fans and by public figures – for speaking up.

For its part, Bredesen thanked Swift for his support in a tweet. "Thanks for the nice words @ taylorswift13," he writes. "I am honored to have your support and that of so many Tennesseans who are willing to put aside partisan cries and get things done – we are ready for that."

And Rob Reiner congratulated Swift for making his opinions public, given his influence. "Congratulations to @ taylorswift.13 For speaking out, you can change this country on its own – impress your fans just how critical and powerful their voices are," said the filmmaker. tweeted. "If you send them to the polls on November 6th, everything that matters to you will be protected.