The influential singer Taylor Swift could perhaps even decide the US presidential election if she wanted to. That’s why Trump implies that Swift will support him in the election.
19:05•Updated 19:22
During the US presidential elections, the fight for the votes of young people is getting fiercer. There are many ways to collect them.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump falsely implied on Sunday that he had an American superstar Taylor Swift’s support in the presidential election campaign.
On social media, Trump published pictures of the singer and his fans, who are said to be supporting him in their Swifties for Trump shirts, partly created by artificial intelligence.
In one of the photos released by Trump, Swift, dressed as Uncle Samulin, seems to be urging her fans to vote for Trump.
– I accept! wrote Trump in connection with the photo collage.
According to experts, there are also genuine photos among the fake photos, which makes detecting fakes particularly difficult.
The matter was reported, among other things, by the US media CNN and the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC.
Donald Trump’s supporters are behind the fake Swifties for Trump movement. The campaign aims to get Swift’s fans to support Trump in the fall election.
In fact, Taylor Swift is known as a Democrat supporter who has criticized Trump for, among other things, his comments regarding the Black Lives Matter protests.
The singer’s fans have accused Trump of spreading false information.
An influential billionaire
World star Taylor Swift has so far not taken a stand on the current presidential election. However, he is known to have considerable influence due to his young and female-dominated fan base, which even the presidential candidates want a part of.
Swift is a phenomenon in pop music of this millennium. His popularity has, for example, had a direct impact on the US economy.
The singer’s ongoing Eras tour is the most profitable music tour in history. It has crossed more than one billion US dollars in revenue.
According to Time magazine just in connection with the Eras tour concerts in the United States, fans spent five billion dollars, or about 4.5 billion euros, on travel, accommodation and food.
Swift is the first musician in the world who has achieved the title of billionaire only through her music and performances.
When she started dating an American football superstar Travis Kelce with, it accelerated the ticket sales for the Kansas City games and increased the viewership of the TV broadcasts. At the same time, sales of Kelce’s fan shirts grew by more than 400 percent.
In the 2020 presidential election, Swift publicly supported democrat president Joe Biden and Vice President Terrible Harris.
Swift’s influence can be seen, for example, in how her fans activated in large numbers to register as voters in September 2023. At that time, Swift urged millions of her fans on Instagram to register, and during the same day, an average of 13,000 were measured in half-hour episodes new voter on Vote.org.
Swift currently has 283 million followers on Instagram.
Swift will hardly be seen as a Trump supporter in this election either. The singer has often spoken in public for the rights of gender and sexual minorities, for example.
Based on her huge popularity, Swift is believed to be able to even decide the outcome of the presidential election if she wanted to.
A tough fight for youth
At the time of the US presidential election campaign, there is a fierce political battle for social media influencers.
The Democratic Party invited up to 200 social media influencers to its caucus that started in Chicago on Monday. This was the first time that influencers were invited.
With the help of influencers, the Democratic Party wants to target young voters above all.
Kamala Harris’s campaign has been very popular on social media channels popular with young people.
Former speechwriter for Harris Gavin Reynolds quoth of The Guardian stating that he thinks it’s “very clever” that Harris is utilizing social media memes during his campaign.
– It shows the importance of young voters in elections and the commitment to meet young people where they are, Reynolds said.
Numerous famous public figures have lined up behind Kamala Harris in the election campaign. Singers have signed up as supporters, among others Barbra Streisandan actor George Clooneydirector Spike Lee and singers John Legend, cardi b and Lizzo.
Celebrities who support Trump include a show wrestler Hulk Hogansinger Kid Rock and actor Roseanne Barr.