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Taylor Swift is in her partisan-hack era. And it reflects in the pop star’s tattered reputation with Pennsylvania Republicans, a Blank Space that won’t be fixed with a simple call to Shake It Off.
New polling from the University of Massachusetts Lowell shows Swift is swiftly losing appeal with GOP registrants in the Keystone State, in a classic case of Look What You Made Them Do.
A whopping 61% of Republicans have Bad Blood with the Queen of Pop; just 16% approve of her.
Independents aren’t exactly fans of the left-leaning singer-songwriter either — showing her image has eroded since she waded into the presidential campaign this year backing Vice President Kamala Harris.
An anemic 23% approve of Swift, with 45% disapproving, so when it comes to nonaligned voters and the songstress, they are Never Ever Going to Get Back Together.
And regular church attendees would have her excommunicated, based on her numbers with that cohort.
Just 29% approve of her, and 48% disapprove, suggesting any gospel album she releases late in her career would fall on deaf ears.
The metric malaise bleeds over into her ratings with white voters overall; she’s an Anti-Hero there too, with 35% approval versus 40% disapproval.
Is it Karma? Or is it her decision to stooge for Kamala?
Swift announced this year that she’s voting for Harris “because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them” — “a steady-handed, gifted leader.”
The singer was also “so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate Tim Walz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.”
Perhaps providentially, she didn’t go so far as to defend Walz’s idiosyncratic stage mannerisms, which some have synced up to pop songs like dance moves.
The polling also reflects Pennsylvania — wait for it — is Too Close to Call in the all-important race between Harris and former President Donald Trump in the all-important blue-wall state.
The veep is up by a single point in a multi-candidate ballot, 46% to 45%, with Green Party nominee Jill Stein shearing off another potentially pivotal point from Harris’ margin and 6% of respondents still undecided even during the election’s stretch run.
Independents are a different story. Trump is up 37% to 32% with them, with Stein at 2%, Libertarian Chase Oliver at 1%, “another candidate” at 4% and 24% undecided.
And just as with Swift sentiment, church attendance is a strong predictor of presidential sentiment. Roughly three in five regular attendees back Trump, while those who don’t frequent churches, mosques or synagogues lean toward Harris.