Poll: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans believe Taylor Swift election conspiracy theory

[cigaretteman]

About 18 percent of Americans say the conspiracy theory about Taylor Swift participating in a covert government operation to reelect President Biden is really true, according to a Monmouth University poll.
Of those who believe in the conspiracy, 71 percent identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, and 83 percent say they are likely to support former president Donald Trump if he is the Republican candidate in November, according to Monmouth.


About 68 percent say they approve of Swift encouraging her fans to vote in the upcoming elections, Monmouth found.
Swift has been increasingly engaged in politics, even driving spikes in voter registration, and endorsed Biden in 2020.
Conspiracy theories about Swift being controlled by powerful men have circulated online for a while. But theories about Swift’s involvement in the upcoming presidential election soared in December 2023, right after she was named Time magazine’s person of the year.
Last month, a former Trump administration official shared on X, formerly Twitter, a video that he erroneously described as “the incredible moment” when a representative from the Pentagon “pitched NATO’s military psyops center on turning Taylor Swift into an asset.” Within hours, X owner Elon Musk raised the profile of that social media post, and the video was featured on a Fox News show hosted by Jesse Watters.
“Even mild conspiracy theories have the sort of negative effect that it makes it easier to believe other conspiracy theories,” said Richard Greene, a philosophy professor at Weber State University and co-author of a book on conspiracy theories.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/14/tom-suozzi-new-york-election-news/#link-DBC5XNVVUBFPXMYYUKTIZA564Y

 

[VodkaSam]

Not surprising at all. 100% of the “1 in 5” are MAGAs. They also religiously listen to “Q”, believe we never landed on the moon, and 911 was an “inside job”.

MAGAs have never heard a conspiracy theory they didn’t like.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

This country has a lot of crazy people in it.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Not surprising at all. 100% of the “1 in 5” are MAGAs. They also religiously listen to “Q”, believe we never landed on the moon, and 911 was an “inside job”.

MAGAs have never heard a conspiracy theory they didn’t like.

The numbers were provided bruv.

 

[JRHawk2003]

Not surprising at all. 100% of the “1 in 5” are MAGAs. They also religiously listen to “Q”, believe we never landed on the moon, and 911 was an “inside job”.

MAGAs have never heard a conspiracy theory they didn’t like.

 

[BelemNole]

I can't imagine why we think this dude is an asshole...

"Within hours, X owner Elon Musk raised the profile of that social media post, and the video was featured on a Fox News show hosted by Jesse Watters."

 

[goldmom]

If you go to certain areas and ask questions in a certain way then you’ll get the outcome you wanted every time.
I for one refuse to believe they found that many really really stupid people.

 

[fsu1jreed]

If you go to certain areas and ask questions in a certain way then you’ll get the outcome you wanted every time.
I for one refuse to believe they found that many really really stupid people.

At least that many still support Trump

 

[goldmom]

At least that many still support Trump

Like I said…

 

[torbee]

If you go to certain areas and ask questions in a certain way then you’ll get the outcome you wanted every time.
I for one refuse to believe they found that many really really stupid people.

That’s because you are part of the cohort lol.

 

[runkpanole]

If you go to certain areas and ask questions in a certain way then you’ll get the outcome you wanted every time.
I for one refuse to believe they found that many really really stupid people.

Kind of like the days when you claimed that Trump numbers were inflated in the polls.

 

[TC Nole OX]

Only 20%?

 

[goldmom]

That’s because you are part of the cohort lol.

Swell. 😏. So you think I believe in some sort of Taylor Swift conspiracy?
Or are you just being your usual ridiculous self?

 

[goldmom]

Kind of like the days when you claimed that Trump numbers were inflated in the polls.

One poll I still believe in is the one that says 70% of Americans don’t want either of these two old buzzards as our choices in November.

 

[runkpanole]

One poll I still believe in is the one that says 70% of Americans don’t want either of these two old buzzards as our choices in November.

Was it the way the question was asked?

 

[Huey Grey]

If you go to certain areas and ask questions in a certain way then you’ll get the outcome you wanted every time.
I for one refuse to believe they found that many really really stupid people.

You voted for Trump twice. How did you buy into his grift?

 

[goldmom]

Was it the way the question was asked?

Dunno. 🤷‍♀️

 

[SeaPA]

If you go to certain areas and ask questions in a certain way then you’ll get the outcome you wanted every time.
I for one refuse to believe they found that many really really stupid people.

Really? I have no problem at all believing that there is a large percentage of our population that is really, really stupid. I'm more surprised that it would be that low.

 

[ICHawk-I]

So Taylor Swift has 2 candidates to choose from this year, but if she picks Biden the right feels the need to create a conspiracy theory around it? So what if she likes Biden, tells her supporters to vote for him, what is so nefarious or criminal about that?

MAGAts can you tell me why everything that you don't like or agree with always need to be wrapped up in some giant governmental conspiracy theory? Why can't it just be what it is? Accept your Dear Leader has a fragile ego and get on with life. Stop twisting yourself in knots to defend it. He can't hear you and doesn't really care about you anyway.

 

[goldmom]

Really? I have no problem at all believing that there is a large percentage of our population that is really, really stupid. I'm more surprised that it would be that low.

It’s actually pretty scary.

 

[Huey Grey]

It’s actually pretty scary.

Most Republicans believed that Obama was born in Africa. I can believe it.

 

[auntie_fah]

Mental health is phuqued in this country.
Social Media just exacerbates it.

 

[QuadCityHawkeye1976]

If you go to certain areas and ask questions in a certain way then you’ll get the outcome you wanted every time.
I for one refuse to believe they found that many really really stupid people.

Do you think all the people who attend his rallies are sane? I don’t.

 

[QuadCityHawkeye1976]

Most Republicans believed that Obama was born in Africa. I can believe it.

Or was a secret Muslim. This country had some sad people in it.

 

[goldmom]

Do you think all the people who attend his rallies are sane? I don’t.

Well it’s estimated that 1 in 5 Americans have a mental health issue so it’s not out of the question.

 

[goldmom]

Most Republicans believed that Obama was born in Africa. I can believe it.

That’s absolutely not a fact. If you believe it you’re easily misled and may have some issues of your own.

 

[peacehawk]

That’s absolutely not a fact. If you believe it you’re easily misled and may have some issues of your own.

Or is it absolutely true?

51% of GOP voters: Obama foreign

Half of Republican primary voters think the president was born abroad, according to a new poll.

www.politico.com

 

[Huey Grey]

That’s absolutely not a fact. If you believe it you’re easily misled and may have some issues of your own.

You really need to think about abandoning your party.

 

[ConvenientParking]

She's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing for a border czar
She's the villain I keep TikToking inside my car, don't know why I do

(Look the fuk out Weird Al I'm coming for you)

 

[JRHawk2003]

As a divorced empty nester I have also created my own reality when at home. I mean, why not?

 

[ottumwan in tx]

the washington compost

 

[alaskanseminole]

I love Taylor AND Toby.

 

[QuadCityHawkeye1976]

You really need to think about abandoning your party.

The GOP became a cess pool the second they let Trump run as a R.

 

[joelbc1]

If you go to certain areas and ask questions in a certain way then you’ll get the outcome you wanted every time.
I for one refuse to believe they found that many really really stupid people.

Oh mom, many of the American voters are just not very sophisticated at all. They believe any of the shit if they can access it on the inner=web. Or if they hear it at church.

 

[SI_NYC]

If you go to certain areas and ask questions in a certain way then you’ll get the outcome you wanted every time.
I for one refuse to believe they found that many really really stupid people.

Have you not paid much attention to Trump supporters?

 

[OrlandNole]

If you go to certain areas and ask questions in a certain way then you’ll get the outcome you wanted every time.
I for one refuse to believe they found that many really really stupid people.

Here's the question and the sampling methodology.

34.Do you think that a covert government effort for Taylor Swift to help Joe Biden win the presidential election actually exists, or not?​

Response:	Feb. 2024
Exists	18%
Does not exist	73%
(VOL) Don’t know	9%
(n)	(902)

METHODOLOGY​

The Monmouth University Poll was sponsored and conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute from February 8 to 12, 2024 with a probability-based national random sample of 902 adults age 18 and older. Interviews were conducted in English, and included 183 live landline telephone interviews, 362 live cell phone interviews, and 357 online surveys via a cell phone text invitation. Telephone numbers were selected through a mix of random digit dialing and list-based sampling. Landline respondents were selected with a modified Troldahl-Carter youngest adult household screen. Interviewing services were provided by Braun Research, with sample obtained from Dynata (RDD, n= 557), Aristotle (list, n= 152) and a panel of prior Monmouth poll participants (n= 193). Monmouth is responsible for all aspects of the survey design, data weighting and analysis. The full sample is weighted for region, age, education, gender and race based on US Census information (ACS 2021 one-year survey). For results based on this sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling has a maximum margin of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points adjusted for sample design effects (1.56). Sampling error can be larger for sub-groups (see table below). In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

If you go to certain areas and ask questions in a certain way then you’ll get the outcome you wanted every time.
I for one refuse to believe they found that many really really stupid people.

Well, they found 70M+ people who agreed to vote for Donald Trump in 2020 so...yeah...there are a LOT of "really, really stupid people" in this country.

So exactly how did they ask you to do that?

 

[ButtersHawk]

Lol this isn't a conspiracy. This really is no different than James Woods or Tim Allen coming out and asking for Republican votes.

What is funny to me though is the biggest mouth pieces for votes every 4 years are celebrities. You know the celebrities that are hilariously disconnected from real life and real problems the public that is voting has.

 

[noleclone2]

I saw another poll this weekend that had 10 percent of the Americans polled who believe the earth is flat.

I am not sure if there is a name for this mental condition, but we have a ton of people now in this country (and world) who believe every single conspiracy they hear / read.

 

[ButtersHawk]

I saw another poll this weekend that had 10 percent of the Americans polled who believe the earth is flat.

I am not sure if there is a name for this mental condition, but we have a ton of people now in this country (and world) who believe every single conspiracy they hear / read.

The "earth is flat" people are the worst.
That conspiracy theory takes away from the ones that may be legitimate.