{"id":20995,"date":"2018-10-10T23:53:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T23:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=20995"},"modified":"2018-10-10T23:53:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T23:53:48","slug":"role-model-taylor-swift-prompts-spike-in-voter-registration-by-posting-pro-democrat-instagram-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/10\/role-model-taylor-swift-prompts-spike-in-voter-registration-by-posting-pro-democrat-instagram-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Role model Taylor Swift prompts spike in voter registration by posting pro-Democrat Instagram post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Swift.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1028\" height=\"675\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Swift.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Swift-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Swift-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Swift-1024x672.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><br \/>\nThe US voter registration service experienced a spike in numbers after Taylor Swift \u2013 long silent on partisan issues \u2013 expressed her support for two Democratic candidates and encouraged her 112 million Instagram followers to register to vote in time for next month\u2019s US midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Kamari Guthrie, the director of communications for vote.org, told Buzzfeed News there were 65,000 registrations in the 24-hour period after the singer posted her statement to Instagram on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/claudiarosenbaum\/taylor-swift-voter-registration-spike\" target=\"_blank\">Buzzfeed<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>In her post, Swift said that though she prefers to support women candidates, she could not bring herself to vote for Republican Rep. 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