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Could Taylor Swift tilt Florida blue? It’s Democrats’ wildest dream.

www.politico.com Could Taylor Swift tilt Florida blue? It’s Democrats’ wildest dream.

“People care about her. People understand the importance of her. She is a youth icon," said one Florida Democrat.

“Florida Democrats don’t know why Taylor Swift is naming an upcoming song on her new album ‘Florida!!!’ or the reason she chose to hold three concerts in Miami less than a month before the November elections,” Politico reports.

“But their excitement around the news is less about ‘why?’ and more about leveraging Swift’s celebrity status to fill the blank space for beleaguered voters tired of losing to Republicans.

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It's weird how moderates think Taylor likes Biden and doesn't just hate trump.

It's the only reason most Biden voters are Biden voters, which is why he's polling so terribly

There's no reason we have to be running such an unlikable candidate again, just because trump is even more unlikable. It's only worked 50% of the time now.

Edit:

Wow. A lot of people don't seem to know many Dem politicians...

Biden himself said over 50 Dems could easily beat trump.

I think this guy would be a good option, but there's lots of others

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Ossoff
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If Taylor Swift saves democracy by getting a bunch of her fans to vote... I would buy at least one of her albums. I wouldn't listen to it, but I'd be thankful just the same.
Good luck getting the Latino voters in Florida vote blue. There's been a generational effort to convince the Cuban and Puerto Rican voters that anyone left of Mussolini is Fidel Castro incarnate.

I love my Latino brothers and sisters, but Florida is not the place to hope for a blue wave.
How about the florida democrats don't run shitty ex republican candidates and actually manages a decent campaign for once in their fucking lives? Nikki Freid is right there and they did her dirty. We don't need Taylor swift, we need someone who gives some modicum of a shit about florida. For being a huge "swing state" they sure don't seem to think we're worth the effort
Not improving your political stances, but just benefiting from a popular artist? It's the Democrats wildest dreams!
How long until Republican gun nuts inadvertently end up supporting Taylor Swift by buying a CD album of her music just to shoot it?
remember on election night in 2016 when HRC was doing a preemptive victory lap in BlUe TeXaS while PA, OH, MI and all of the other "firewall states" that were supposed to guarantee her an easy win turned red? Let's not go looking for treasure up our own assholes and instead let's ensure that the easy wins actually happen.
Betteridges law. So the answer is no, Taylor Swift won’t tilt Florida blue, unfortunately.
Damn. Never imagined a world where Taylor Swift could influence politics. Every little bit helps I guess.
Let's just focus on the swing states this go round, can we?
Wildest? Really?
"Gee, we never considered how toxic Republican politics are living in a state where you can't even mention Black History Month until Taylor Swift told me to register to vote!"
Meh. Imagine having such a weak political stance that you need to rely on artists to do your political campaigns. The dems need to pick themselves up if they want some real gains, not these half assed attempts.
4chan loves Taytay. Use this mememagic to your advantage.
Any excuse to run to the right.

If they keep screwing around with that window, it's going to break.

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