Taylor Swift's Endorsement of VP Kamala Harris Leads to "Swift Bump" as Over 300,000 Flood Voting Website, Boosting Voter Registrations

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Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris led to a massive spike in visits to Vote.gov, a government website that directs users to state-specific voting information. More than 300,000 visitors flooded the site after Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris following Tuesday night's presidential debate. The website experienced a "Swift bump last year when the artist's post linking to the website caused a 1,200% traffic increase within an hour. In August, AI-generated images falsely showing Swift endorsing Donald Trump circulated online, which Trump acknowledged by posting “I accept” on Truth Social. Swift clarified in her recent post that she supports Kamala Harris and wanted to be transparent about her voting plans for the 2024 election.

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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.

00:02Taylor Swift's endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris led to a massive spike in visits

00:07to Vote.gov, a government website that directs users to state-specific voting information.

00:12More than 300,000 visitors flooded the site after Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala

00:17Harris following Tuesday night's presidential debate.

00:20The website experienced a swift bump last year when the artist's post linking to the

00:24website caused a 1,200 percent traffic increase within an hour.

00:28In August, AI-generated images falsely showing Swift endorsing Donald Trump circulated online,

00:34which Trump acknowledged by posting,

00:35"'I accept' on TruSocial."

00:37Swift clarified in her recent post that she supports Kamala Harris and wanted to be transparent

00:42about her voting plans for the 2024 election.

00:44For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.

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