The Swift Effect?

We're not particularly believers in celebrities' ability to drive people to the polls, otherwise Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce and Bon Jovi would be saluting President Hillary Clinton. Willie Nelson's endorsement last month of Rep. Beto O'Rourke in Texas may yet have some effect, other than angering his right-wing fans. But, something may be happening after pop star Taylor Swift's Instagram blast at far-right Trumper Rep. Marsha Blackburn while endorsing former Gov. Phil Bredesen in the Tennessee Senate race along with Dem Rep. Jim Cooper. She urged her 112 million followers to go to "vote.org". Thousands apparently did, with the site reporting 155,000 unique visitors in the 24 hour period following her Instagram post, including 2,144 in Tennessee alone.