Taylor Swift urges people to vote after sweeping up the American Music Awards
Taylor Swift's political awakening was front and centre at the American Music Awards on Tuesday, where she also swept up big.
The pop star collected four awards at the ceremony, eclipsing Whitney Houston to become the AMAs most decorated female winner of all time.
While collecting the Artist of the Year award, Swift encouraged fans to vote in the upcoming midterm elections, as they did for her in the AMAs.
"This award and every single award given out tonight were voted on by the people," she said. "And you know what else is voted on by the people? It's the midterm elections on November 6th. Get out and vote. I love you guys."
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Swift has been credited for a surge in voter registrations, with Vote.org reporting 240,000 people registered within 48 hours of the pop star's political Instagram post. Of those, 102,000 registrations were from people between 18-29 years old.
In a rare moment for the usually apolitical star, Swift publicly declared her support for Tennessean Democrats Phil Bredesen and Jim Cooper in the midterm elections, and stated her opposition to Republican Marsha Blackburn.
"As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me," Swift captioned her Instagram post.
