Not in my wildest dreams did I think Taylor Swift would make a political intervention. The singer has been criticised in the past for her reticence in this matter, in contrast to her former rival, Katy Perry, who toured with Hillary Clinton in the runup to the 2016 election. There were a lot of theories around why Swift demurred, including her popularity in red states (thanks to her country roots) and even her friendship with Karlie Kloss, the fiancee of Jared Kushner’s brother.
But now a Swift endorsement has come out of the woods in an Instagram post the singer made to her 112 million followers. She shared her intention to vote for two Democrats in the crucial midterm elections. “I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country,” she wrote, calling out LGBTQ prejudice and “systemic racism”.
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