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‘Mastermind’ Taylor Swift drives hoards of fans to voter registration site
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
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It's sad that so many didn't consider what it means to be able to vote and weren't already registered. It's even worse that they only did it after a celebrity told them to. I'm not sure I like the thought of those kinds of people voting.
What do you mean "those kinds of people"? This is a democracy, everyone (over 18) is entitled to vote, and every vote is valid. Maybe they just needed a friendly reminder or an extra push from someone they look up to.
The 18-30 demographic in this country is notorious for not voting. It’s been a thing for a long time. Which is part of the reason politics is so conservative*.
MTV was running the “Rock the Vote” campaign 30 years ago, in attempts to get younger people to vote. This is not a new situation at all.
*There are younger conservatives, but the younger demographics tend to skew liberal/progressive.
45% of her fan base are millennial so mostly outside of that demographic on 11% are gen z
So you also want fox news, young turks and all other political stations off the air. Understand
Voter turnout has always sucked, and especially among the youth vote. I think it's sad to throw stones at any effort that moves the needle in that regard.
Registration isn't the same as voting, sure, but there is a correlation between degrees of registration numbers and turnout. The below article focuses primarily on differences from automatic registrations, but covers the details pretty well I think.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-happened-when-2-2-million-people-were-automatically-registered-to-vote/