Can’t she? – Taylor Swift on Tuesday gave her support to Kamala Harris in the race for the White House. Her Instagram post garnered 3.6 million likes in just over an hour.
Who will Taylor Swift vote for? The American superstar ended the suspense on Tuesday by supporting Kamala Harris just after the debate between the two presidential candidates. Since then, the singer has been the target of Donald Trump, who assured Fox News that she would “pay the price in terms of sales”. Regardless, in the meantime, this Instagram post, which was “liked” 3.6 million times in one hour, could be a real turning point in the American presidential campaign. What is Taylor Swift’s political clout? Some answers from Olivier Richomme, lecturer in American civilization at Lyon-2, and Lauric Henneton, specialist in Anglo-American history and civilization and lecturer at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin.
Why did Taylor Swift get involved in this American presidential race publicly and now?
During the 2016 election, Taylor Swift did not take a position and “regrets it today,” thinking “she could have had an impact on the outcome,” she explains to 20 Minutes Lauric Henneton. At the time, “her father refused to let her get involved. He was afraid of losing his fans (…) - 20minutes
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