The undecided voter. The possibility that such a thing still exists in our divided country seems as improbable as leprechauns, mermaids or gas under $3 a gallon. Yet poll after poll shows they do indeed walk among us, hiding in plain sight until caught briefly on camera for a post-debate panel.
They’re a mystery to us folks who live and breathe politics and culture, or folks who simply live and breathe. Seriously, who at this point doesn’t know how they feel about Taylor Swift? Stunning, I know. I’ll give you a minute to collect yourself.
Ready? Twenty-two percent of likely voters nationally who participated in a recent presidential poll gauging candidates’ “favorable rating” did not know how they felt about Tay Tay, or they declined to say, or didn’t even know who she was! The poll conducted by the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and Siena College weighed her favorability against Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump, after Swift endorsed Harris on Sept. 10, following some sort of debate where the singer wasn’t present and none of her music was played and so, like, whatever. T-Swizzle is of course more popular than both candidates.
According to the poll, 44% of those asked had favorable views of the singer, who is dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and it seems like they’re getting really serious and thank goodness because we all know (except for maybe The Undecided) how much heartbreak she’s been through. “Last Ki.