Taylor Swift named Time magazine's 2023 Person of the Year

Calypso Jones wrote:Liz Cheney says Taylor swift is a national treasure.

Calypso Jones wrote:https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/03/14/more-than-half-of-us-adults-say-theyre-taylor-swift-fans-survey-finds/?sh=754fa4356877

Some 53% of U.S. adults said they were fans of Swift, and 16% identified themselves as “avid” fans of the star.

Of avid fans, just 44% identified themselves as “Swifties,” the name given to members of Swift’s fanbase. Among avid fans, 74% are white, compared to 13% who are Black, 9% who are Asian and 4% who are members of other races.

Some 45% of avid fans are millennials, people between the ages of 27 and 42, while 23% are baby boomers, 21% are Gen Xers and just 11% are members of Gen Z—those 26 and under.

A slim majority, 55%, of avid Swift fans are Democrats, compared to 23% who are politically independent and 23% who are Republicans.

Calypso Jones wrote:This just keeps gettin' betterin'better.'

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2024/02/01/joe-scarborough-all-people-mocks-maga-men-trying-be-manly

Scarborough mocks maga men 'trying to be' manly.   Of all people who should not be talking about manliness it is JuicyJoe.

He says, maga men are very weak, angry and when they see some 'manly' guy like that guy who's dating Swift....is it Kelsey? Kelsoe?  Anyway, they are jealous. and they're 'weenies' says Scarborough.

\"By the way, that's kind of a checkmate, right? These snowflakes are like [puts on a nerdy voice and imitates a weakling's flex -- see screencap] "Oh, I'm so manly. I have on my Trump hat on. My suspenders are all red.  "And then they see Travis Kelce. It's just such a total checkmate."    oh..it's Kelce.   i didn't know that.


Newsbusters goes on to say:

As we've documented, Joe has:

Fantasized about forcing a Capitol tourist to "eat" his camera.
Boasted he'd "die" before negotiating out of weakness like Kevin McCarthy while claiming he'd "stare down" holdout Republicans.
Declared that he'd never let someone "emasculate" him the way Donald Trump allegedly emasculated J.D. Vance. Scarborough said that letting someone emasculate him is totally "foreign to me."
Mocked men who fire AR-15s at gun ranges "to feel like real men, cause they obviously don't in real life."

So, yes: Joe Scarborough knows all about men with fragile egos driven to assert their manliness. All he needs to do is look in the mirror.

Exclusive polling conducted for Newsweek by Redfield & Wilton Strategies found that 18 percent of voters say they're "more likely" or "significantly more likely" to vote for a candidate endorsed by Swift.

Seventeen percent said they would be less likely to vote for a Swift-backed candidate, while 55 percent would be neither more nor less likely to do so. Of all the respondents, 45 percent said they were fans of the singer, and 54 percent said they were not. Only 6 percent said they were not familiar with Swift.

The survey, which had a sample size of 1,500 eligible voters, was conducted on January 18 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.53 percent.

Red Lily wrote:Do you know how polling works?  Sample sizing only needs to be between 500-1000 respondents to make it statistically valid.

Here's the latest poll on Swft.  

Exclusive polling conducted for Newsweek by Redfield & Wilton Strategies found that 18 percent of voters say they're "more likely" or "significantly more likely" to vote for a candidate endorsed by Swift.

Seventeen percent said they would be less likely to vote for a Swift-backed candidate, while 55 percent would be neither more nor less likely to do so. Of all the respondents, 45 percent said they were fans of the singer, and 54 percent said they were not. Only 6 percent said they were not familiar with Swift.

The survey, which had a sample size of 1,500 eligible voters, was conducted on January 18 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.53 percent.

https://www.newsweek.com/can-taylor-swift-sway-2024-election-1864474

18% of 1500 = 270.  So 270 people (apparently representative of ALL Americans) might be swayed by a Swift endorsement.

OMG bring out the pitchforks she's going to steal the election!  

Keith wrote:

Red Lily wrote:Do you know how polling works?  Sample sizing only needs to be between 500-1000 respondents to make it statistically valid.

Here's the latest poll on Swft.  

Exclusive polling conducted for Newsweek by Redfield & Wilton Strategies found that 18 percent of voters say they're "more likely" or "significantly more likely" to vote for a candidate endorsed by Swift.

Seventeen percent said they would be less likely to vote for a Swift-backed candidate, while 55 percent would be neither more nor less likely to do so. Of all the respondents, 45 percent said they were fans of the singer, and 54 percent said they were not. Only 6 percent said they were not familiar with Swift.

The survey, which had a sample size of 1,500 eligible voters, was conducted on January 18 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.53 percent.

https://www.newsweek.com/can-taylor-swift-sway-2024-election-1864474

18% of 1500 = 270.  So 270 people (apparently representative of ALL Americans) might be swayed by a Swift endorsement.

OMG bring out the pitchforks she's going to steal the election!  

You're conveniently overlooking the fact that the 1,500 people surveyed was a sample size, and not consisting of the entire U.S. population.

Then again, it probably doesn't really matter too much who the Taylor Swift fans vote for. The System will just end up appointing who they want, and then call it "democracy". What a joke.

Keith wrote:

Red Lily wrote:Do you know how polling works?  Sample sizing only needs to be between 500-1000 respondents to make it statistically valid.

Here's the latest poll on Swft.  

Exclusive polling conducted for Newsweek by Redfield & Wilton Strategies found that 18 percent of voters say they're "more likely" or "significantly more likely" to vote for a candidate endorsed by Swift.

Seventeen percent said they would be less likely to vote for a Swift-backed candidate, while 55 percent would be neither more nor less likely to do so. Of all the respondents, 45 percent said they were fans of the singer, and 54 percent said they were not. Only 6 percent said they were not familiar with Swift.

The survey, which had a sample size of 1,500 eligible voters, was conducted on January 18 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.53 percent.

https://www.newsweek.com/can-taylor-swift-sway-2024-election-1864474

18% of 1500 = 270.  So 270 people (apparently representative of ALL Americans) might be swayed by a Swift endorsement.

OMG bring out the pitchforks she's going to steal the election!  

You're conveniently overlooking the fact that the 1,500 people surveyed was a sample size, and not consisting of the entire U.S. population.

Then again, it probably doesn't really matter too much who the Taylor Swift fans vote for. The System will just end up appointing who they want, and then call it "democracy". What a joke.