Can Taylor Swift save Joe Biden?

Taylor Swift’s influence and popularity have reached heights that politicians can only dream of, but could her support save a president’s struggling re-election campaign?

President Joe Biden has suffered severe fallout following his performance at last month’s US debate, with more and more prominent Democrats calling for him to resign and even some of his allies having begun to publicly question the 81-year-old’s ability to serve another term.

Among the lost friends is George Clooney. The A-list actor, who hosted a massive, star-studded fundraiser for Biden just last month, took a swipe at the president on Wednesday after writing an editorial for The New York Times and called for his replacement by a new candidate.

“It’s devastating to have to say this, but the Joe Biden I was with at the fundraiser three weeks ago was not the ‘big damn’ Biden of 2010,” Clooney wrote.

But could other celebrities like Swift give new impetus to both Biden’s campaign and party donors?

Many have been watching the superstar closely to see if she will get involved in the November election. An icon and economics expert in her own right, Swift has become one of the most influential people in America, if not the world, and experts predict her power could translate to politics as well.

Semafor reported Monday that a new memo – distributed to wealthy Democratic Party donors, members of the administration and Biden’s campaign team – suggests Swift and other stars help with a “blitz primary” to replace Biden as the nominee. The primary proposal, which comes from a former political adviser to Biden’s 2020 campaign and a wealthy Democratic Party donor, suggests names like Swift, Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama moderate weekly forums with potential Democratic candidates after Biden steps down, the newspaper reported.

Meanwhile, some have already fallen for false endorsements from Swift, who supported Biden in 2020 but has not commented on the 2024 election. Earlier this week, Republican Senate candidate Royce White posted on X, formerly Twitter, a doctored image of Swift endorsing the 2024 Biden-Harris campaign, writing, “Are people really that gullible? Wow! The healing process from gender reassignment surgery? #Goodluck.”

But surveys that are exclusively for Newsweek shows little movement for Swift. A survey conducted in July by Redfield & Wilton Strategies for Newsweek found that 48 percent of voters would be neither more nor less likely to vote for a candidate if Swift endorsed them. A quarter of respondents said an endorsement from Swift would actually make them less likely to vote for a candidate, while only 20 percent said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate endorsed by Swift.

Generation Z voters are most likely to be swayed by a support for Swift, with 30 percent saying they would be more likely to vote for a candidate supported by the singer.

Americans also seem to be divided on whether it’s a good idea for Swift to interfere in the election. Nearly 30 percent said they would approve of Swift expressing her support for a presidential candidate, while 25 percent said they would not approve.

The poll was conducted on Tuesday among 1,500 adults. The margin of error is +/-2.53 percent.

Swift’s track record in electoral campaigns is mixed. Swift endorsed two Democratic congressional candidates in Tennessee in 2018 as part of her opposition to Republican Marsha Blackburn’s Senate campaign. Blackburn won her race, defeating Swift-backed Phil Bredesen with more than 54 percent of the vote. Swift’s other candidate, Jim Cooper, won his race for the House seat. Biden, whom Swift endorsed in 2020, also won the last presidential election.