It is on.

  • Chozo
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    1213 months ago

    One of the most influential people currently alive endorsing a political candidate is absolutely news.

      • @pyre@lemmy.world
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        243 months ago

        probably maximizing impact doing it when more people are talking about the two candidates. also avoids some potential criticism because she hadn’t released her policy plan until about right now. so now you got policies+debate+L+ratio

      • @AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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        83 months ago

        It’s entirely possible she wasn’t going to endorse anyone until Trump started with the AI saying she endorsed him.

      • ???
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        -223 months ago

        It’s because she’s rich bitch who wants to sell. No other reason.

        • @ulkesh@lemmy.world
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          73 months ago

          I take it no one ever told you just how much of a dick you are.

          So I’ll help you out here — you’re a dick. You might want to see someone about that.

          Or don’t and continue being a dick on useless social media platforms where literally nothing matters just so you can feel smug and righteous within the confines of your inferiority complex.

    • @hOrni@lemmy.world
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      -373 months ago

      I know she’s popular, but are people really gonna go “I was going to vote for Trump, but Taylor said I should vote for Camala, so that’s what I’ll do”?

      • Drunemeton
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        463 months ago

        She stated that since someone on Truth Social posted an AI-generated image of her endorsing Trump she felt she must set the record straight.

        She wrote why she’s voting for Kamala. She then encouraged her fans to research the candidates and decide for themselves which one best represented their own viewpoints.

        I did like her reminder that if you’re a new voter you do need to register first!

        But at no point did she tell anyone who to vote for…

      • @brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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        193 months ago

        I’ve never like actually voted before but Taylor wouldn’t talk about it if it weren’t important

        Then they do their research (well they did, they read her post) and tap her story to get registered. She follows it up with another post around Election Day and they go vote.

        (No offense Swifties, just using one example. We can’t all be highly politically active, high-information citizens. Those who are will have gaps elsewhere in their lives instead.)

        • bufalo1973
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          123 months ago

          That “get registered” is one of the things I don’t understand why hasn’t been changed. In Spain you can vote the moment you are 18. No need to register anywhere. The only register that need to be updated is “where you live”, so you go vote to your nearest location.

          • @poweruser
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            153 months ago

            One of our two parties wins more when more people vote.

            Therefore, the other party must oppose voting by the largest groups, such as young people and people who live in cities.

            The less popular party also has disproportionate control of government policy.

            Which is to say, they oppose democracy itself. It is only a question of degree

          • @mkwt@lemmy.world
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            13 months ago

            Question, when you move to a new place in Spain, do you need to register residency with the police?

            I don’t know if Spain does that or not, but I think Italy does some version.

            The United States doesn’t have that, and doesn’t have a national id card. Although most people effectively register themselves to get a driver license, that is only required if you drive. So voter registration nominally provides some way for the government to get the information on residency, which is important for figuring out which local elections you need to vote in.

            Now recently, in the last couple of decades, some states started requiring photo id verification to vote. This defeats the purpose of having a separate voter registration system, because you still have to go to the driver registration system to get either a driver license, or a non-driving photo ID. Nevertheless, the separate voter registration system has hung around in every single one of these states, because the real goal is to prevent people from voting.

            • bufalo1973
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              23 months ago

              Not with the police. With the town hall. It’s not mandatory but saves you some headaches with paperwork.

      • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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        133 months ago

        She commands one of the most loyal fan followings in existence. It’s like, moving the needle percentages large and loyal, and also, disproportionately in places like GA, NC, FL, where it’s still tough going for Kamala.

      • Flying SquidOP
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        73 months ago

        She got thousands of her fans to register to vote not long ago. I’m guessing they’ll vote for who she wants whether she tells them to or not.

      • @notapantsday@feddit.org
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        3 months ago

        I find it hard to believe but according to a fan of hers I once talked to, they would vote for a rabid raccoon if she endorsed it.

      • @ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        23 months ago

        Probably not, but I’m sure some people are really gonna go, “I wasn’t going to bother voting, but Taylor said I should vote for Kamala.”

        At this point, this is a game of turnout.

            • @index@sh.itjust.works
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              -63 months ago

              So let’s hear the opinion of a genius: where does the government spend billions of propaganda in? Where do the red and blue party spend all their electoral campaign money on? How did an artist with mediocre skills become a billionare and so popular that their endorsing of a politician gets spammed multiple times on lemmy feed?

            • @index@sh.itjust.works
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              -43 months ago

              Corporate mass media article with ties to the government talking about a billionare celebrity endorsing the government. Where do you think they spend billions or dollars in propaganda on? If you search enough you can probably find the receipts of their deals.

      • ???
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        -153 months ago

        Correct. Propaganda doesn’t need to be unfactual. Using a celebrity figure to promote a certain party or ideology because idiots with no music taste love to worship this “musician” is propaganda… whether we like the party she advocates for or not.