Taylor Swift and Donald Trump have similar ratings in Pennsylvania poll

Taylor Swift and former President Donald Trump are less popular with voters in Pennsylvania than Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a fresh poll from The Inquirer, the New York Times and Siena College.

From Sept. 11 to 16, the telephone survey polled 1,082 likely Pennsylvania voters and asked them about the presidential candidates and their debate performances, the economy, abortion — and Swift, who endorsed Harris in a viral Instagram post immediately after the debate on September 10. Swift’s endorsement sent hundreds of thousands of people to a voter registration website in just 24 hours.

After asking whether respondents had very positive, somewhat positive, somewhat negative, or very negative opinions of former Trump and Harris, the next person mentioned was the massively successful superstar, born in Reading.

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The data indicates that voters in Pennsylvania rate Swift only slightly higher than Trump, who had a 45% rating to Swift’s 46%. However, that comparison is well within the margin of error, meaning the former president and the star are tied.

Harris scored higher than Swift at 51%.

But most of those who favor Swift favor her only a little, 28% — compared to 19% who view her very favorably. On the other hand, most of those who don’t favor her really dislike her, 21% seeing her as very unfavorable, compared to 12% who see her as somewhat unfavorable.

Trump would agree with those dissatisfied respondents who declared in Truth Social in capital letters on Sunday that he hates Swift – although he also described her as “extremely beautiful.”

Only 2% of registered voters in Pennsylvania had not heard of Swift, while 18% either did not know or declined to answer.

The poll was conducted right after the debate and Swift’s endorsement.

Such timing may explain why the poll found that 68% of Harris supporters are likely to vote in Pennsylvania think positively of Swift, compared to just 23% of Trump supporters who are likely to go to the polls in the state. Swift’s support rises slightly, to 29%, among likely voters who identify as Republicans.

But it may be a question of whether the chicken or the egg came first, because the state in which the battle is taking place, Swifties have already begun organizing for Harris.

Gena Jaffe, a Swift fan who lives in Bucks County, said in an interview about Swift fans supporting Harris that she thinks there is a “very high probability” that someone supports Harris if they are a Swift fan.

“If you’re a Swiftie, you’re a Harris supporter, in most cases, because of the type of people she attracts,” said Jaffe, a business owner and attorney. “That said, I’ve seen now … people who are MAGA supporters trying to sell their tickets to the Eras tour.”

The singer has been criticized for getting involved in politics, but she has also been criticized for not being politically involved enough.

Swift did not speak out on politics until Trump’s election, though through her songs and took part in a social campaign in 2008. about opposing LGBTQ discrimination after 15-year-old Lawrence King he was shot for being gay.

She she did not share her opinion about the candidates in the 2016 election, a decision she said in a 2020 documentary she later regretted. “I have to be on the right side of history,” Swift said in the documentary.

Swift first endorsed the Democratic candidate for governor of Tennessee in 2018 and also called for gun control this year. She began speaking out against Trump publicly. next year AND supported Joe Biden in the 2020 elections.

In August, Trump shared an AI-generated image falsely portraying Swift as endorsing him, Swift said led her “to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter.”

A few weeks later, at the MTV Video Music Awards, the night after the debate, Swift, known for delivering subtle messages to her fans, known as “Easter eggs” she wore a dress the same designer This Former First Lady Michelle Obama wore the outfit to the Democratic National Convention last month. She urged the audience to register to vote during her final speech of the evening.