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submitted 1 year ago by DevCat@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

Taylor Swift managed to drive record-breaking numbers to voter registration website Vote.org after urging her 232 million followers on Instagram to take action.

On Tuesday (19 September), hours after the pop star, 32, called on her US fanbase to register to vote in honour of National Voter Registration Day, Vote.org’s communication director, Nick Morrow, announced that “our site was averaging 13,000 users every 30 minutes”.

“Fun fact: after @taylorswift13 posted on Instagram today directing her followers to register to vote on @votedotorg, our site was averaging 13,0000 users every 30 minutes,” Morrow wrote on X/Twitter.

“13! Let’s just say her reputation for being a mastermind is very well-earned.”

Earlier that day, the “Anti-Hero” singer had posted to her Story, asking followers: “Are you registered to vote yet?

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[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 39 points 1 year ago
[-] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Shit man, I'll make the dumb, easy comment. But I really do mean it: That fuckin' whips ass

[-] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Unless she follows it up with a message about "remember to schedule some time on election day to vote" a few days before election day and another message on actual election day to remind people to go out and vote that day, all she has done is increased the available voters not the successful 2024 voters.

this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
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