Voter Registration Spikes By 105,000 After Taylor Swift Gets Political

Last week, Taylor Swift broke her silence on politics and endorsed two Democrats from her home state. NBC News reported that thousands of Americans have registered to vote because of it.

On Sunday, the singer directed fans to vote.org so they could register to vote and nearly 105,000 people have done so, the site reported.

“We’re especially happy to see that because we know voting is habit-forming; statistically, a young person who votes in 2018 is 55% more likely to vote again in 2020,” Vote.org said in a statement.

Nearly twice as many people in Tennessee. where Swift lives, registered so far in October as they did in all of September, according to the nonprofit.

Republicans are betting on those voters not coming out. “I think it’s another interesting question of whether or not people who are energized when Taylor Swift posts on Instagram are the same people who show up and vote,” Republican strategist Mattie Duppler, founder and vice president of Forward Strategies, said on Hill.TV’s Rising.

Swift again called for people to register to vote at the American Music Awards on Tuesday.

“This award and every single award given out tonight were voted on by the people, and you know what else is voted on by the people?” Swift asked as she accepted the Artist of the Year award. “It is the midterm elections on Nov. 6. Get out and vote. I love you guys.”