Dangerous blood? North Carolina voters activate Taylor Swift and embrace Trump after pop star’s Harris endorsement

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Dangerous blood? North Carolina voters activate Taylor Swift and embrace Trump after pop star’s Harris endorsement


Is it a case of Dangerous Blood? Or just a matter of Look What She Made Them Do?

Regardless of the case, new polling of North Carolina voters means that Taylor Swift’s status is in tatters within the wake of her Presidential Endorsement Period.

The Victory Insights survey of 600 probably basic election voters all through North Carolina, carried out Sept. 16 to 18, reveals that voters within the pivotal swing state are in revolt in opposition to the Queen of Pop and need she’d keep on with writing songs slightly than political pronouncements. 

Requested to price Swift on a scale of 1 to five, 30% of respondents rated her a “1,” which corresponds to an “extraordinarily adverse” learn on the chart-topping singer.

An extra 9% price her as a “2,” which interprets to a much less excessive antipathy.

The almost 40% share of Taylor haters within the Tar Heel State exceeds her post-endorsement assist — and that’s in a ballot that sampled 4% extra Democrats than Republicans. 

31% of respondents are optimistic on the pop star even after she buzzed into the “KHive.”

Nearly as many Tar Heel Staters are apathetic about Taylor as those that love her — almost 30% report that they’re impartial within the Swift wars.

Swift’s fall from grace is mirrored in the truth that Elon Musk — who prolonged an unsolicited provide to impregnate the “childless cat woman” days earlier than this ballot was carried out — is extra fashionable than the pop princess within the swing state: 35% view him favorably, and 39% maintain a adverse view.

Whereas the polling right here is adverse towards Taylor, it’s far more optimistic for Donald Trump, who leads Harris 49% to 45% on this survey, a a lot larger lead than the 0.3% he has on common within the state.

Independents drive the momentum on this ballot — they favor the previous president 43% to 27%.

However Trump doesn’t look probably to assist North Carolina’s Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican who’s searching for the governor’s workplace this yr.

Democrat Josh Stein leads Robinson 47% to 42%. Undecided Trump voters represent 7% of the pattern, suggesting the Republican’s slender path entails changing these reluctant Trumpers. Simply 2% extra are Trump-Stein voters, whereas 0.5% are Harris-Robinson supporters.


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