Meet the Taylor Swift Fans Who Have Raised $235,000 for the Harris Campaign
November 7, 2024
The Wash – Ella Robinson
Swifties for Kamala started from a tweet; now, 3500 volunteers run phone banks, make friendship bracelets, and educate first-time voters.
When Swifties for Kamala began as an online movement the day Biden announced he was stepping down from the race they hoped to raise 13,000 dollars for the campaign. Today they’ve raised $235,000, and they’re “running out of Taylor-related numbers, that’s crazy,” said Irene Kim, co-founder of the group.
The group is not affiliated with Taylor Swift, who has been widely reported on throughout the campaign. When Swift endorsed Kamala Harris on her Instagram story, over 400,000 people visited the vote.gov website directly from that link, according to CBS.
Kim said, “It was absolutely insane when Taylor endorsed Kamala.” But it didn’t have as big of an effect on their group as the media suggested, “we were taking action before she endorsed, and we would have done this regardless of her endorsement,” Kim said.
Photo: Swifties for Kamala