lenin-dont-laugh

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    I mean according to some polls the Taylor Swift endorsement negatively effected Harris. I think she’s been overexposed to pretty much everyone. And logically it makes sense. The vast majority of Taylor Swift’s audience (young women) are voting for Harris anyways. The Democrats already have secured that demographic, they need to appeal to other groups of people to win. So I guess this isn’t as bad as it seems for Trump.

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        6 months ago

        Yeah that’s my point. A lot of the die hard fans of said celebs are voting Democrat anyways. So these endorsements don’t get them any more votes, they just serve to try energise the Democratic base. In fact, I’d even argue that such endorsements (by celebrities of Democrats or Republicans) can easily backfire by energising the opposition or putting off those on the fence.

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      6 months ago

      Celebrity involvement in politics causes negative results in the UK too.

      It’s not the specific celebrity, it’s celebrities in general. People do not want to get their political advice from celebs. They actually find it really offensive that they weigh in or try to use their status to influence people at all.