Taylor Swift's endorsement of Democrats prompts massive spike in voter registration

According to Vote.org’s Kamari Guthrie, the site logged 65,000 registrations in the 24 hours following Swift’s post. “For context,” Buzzfeed added, “190,178 new voters were registered nationwide in the entire month of September, while 56,669 were registered in August.” As for Tennessee, the site received nearly as many registrations in the hours following Swift’s post as it did in the entire month of September.

Swift’s post also condemned Republican candidate Marsha Blackburn, saying “her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me.”

She continued, “She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values.”

Our celebrity-obsessed president, Donald Trump, shared his own thoughts on Swift’s endorsement yesterday. “I’m sure Taylor Swift doesn’t know anything about [Blackburn],” he said, adding, “Let’s say that I like Taylor’s music about 25 percent less now.”