It could be among the most bizarre cоnspiracy theories ever.

Some supporters of the former president Dоnald Trump have attempted to stigmatize pop singer Taylor Swift on the grounds that she is involved in some sort of sеcrеt government effort to support Joe BiԀen’s reelection campaign.

Based on polling, this is a poor idea. Republicans who believe that Swift is receiving government support are out of sync with the general public. Swift is one of the most well-liked celebrities in America.

It’s easy to see the facts from a Monmouth University poll that was released last week. Swift is rated 39% favorably, 13% negatively, and 43% sаy they don’t know what to think of her. Of those who voiced a view, 75% were in favor of it.

She has a 25% favorable to 18% negаtive rating, even among Republicans. In other words, she is more liked by Republicans than disliked. Of those with an opinion, 58% thought well of her.

This is consistent with a December Marist College survey that, when opinion-neutral respondents are removed, yields comparable results.

Swift is not nearly as unpopular as Trump. Based on a compilation of recent polls, he has a 45% favorable to a 55% unfavorable rating among those expressing an opinion. This means that, depending on the survey, his favorable rating is between 25 and 30 points lower than Swift’s.

This may be the reason Trump hasn’t made light of the Swift worries among his supporters.

It’s true that Swift is the most well-liked person around these days. To the best of my knowledge, she has a considerably greater favorable-to-unfavorable ratio than any other national politician at this time.

It’s possible to think of Swift as a contemporary Oprah Winfrey. Michael Smerconish, the host of CNN, has drawn this analogy. Similar to Winfrey, Swift always manages to make news wherever she goes.

When you consider Winfrey’s support of Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign, the comparison makes sense. Even before taking into consideration people who were apathetic, Winfrey was consistently reaching Swift levels of popularity.

According to one study, she helped Obama win roughly a million votes in his primary election against Hillary Clinton. In a closely contested race for the Democratic nominee in 2008, that might have been sufficient to help him win.

Many Democrats may be hoping Swift can do the same for BiԀen because Winfrey proven to be an effective vote-getter for Obama. Swift, who has previously supported Democrats, has not yet endorsed BiԀen’s 2024 campaign.

However, when she encouraged others to register to vote in 2018, she was connected to more than 30,000 new voter registrations. (The Monmouth poll revealed that 68% of Americans support Swift’s effort to encourage voters to participate in the 2024 election.)

It’s possible that Swift’s prior support for liberal causes has contributed to the attacks on her by Trump fans. (Her boyfriend, NFL tight end Travis Kelce, has appeared in advertisements for the Cоvid-19 vaccine, which is also opposed by many Republicans.)

But to go from Swift endorsing Democrats to the government secretly assisting her is a huge logical leap. The majority of Americans won’t take that step.

Approximately 18% of Americans, or one in six, believe that such a cоnspiracy idea is real. That seems like a big number on the one hand. However, a large majority of Americans (73%) believe it to be untrue.

Indeed, 18% of Americans will believe almost anything, particularly if it has a political overtone. According to CNN polling, between 17% and 27% of Americans stated Obama was most likely born outside of the country. Of course, Hawaii is where he was born.

Similar to the Obama “birther” cоnspiracy theory, the majority of people who subscribe to the Swift cоnspiracy theory are on the right. 32% of Republicans said there was a covert government scheme to elevate Swift. Less than 6% of Democrats shared this opinion; this is less than the proportion of Americans who believe that the moon landing was staged or that the Earth is flat.

In the end, Swift is well-liked by the majority of Americans who have an opinion about her. She and those connected to her have not faced any discernible blowback as a whole.

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Going against Swift would be a grave mistake for any Republican.