• Taylor Swift is an American pop icon
  • She has recently encouraged fans to vote
  • THIS was her new Instagram post

In recent times, Swift has been known for getting political and rousing her fans to use their voices as well. With a very heated election coming up, this is what she had to say: "Are you registered to vote yet? I’ve been so lucky to see so many of you at my U.S. shows recently. I’ve heard you raise your voices, and I know how powerful they are."

Taylor wants people involved

"Make sure you’re ready to use them in our elections this year! Register to vote in less than 2 minutes at vote.org/nvrd," Taylor said  via Instagram. And the power of the Swifties was felt.

Also interesting:

After Swift posted on Instagram, over 35,000 people registered to vote, according to Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org. "Vote.org saw record-breaking traffic to our site this week as we celebrated National Voter Registration Day, a highly encouraging sign of voter enthusiasm especially among newly eligible voters [...]"

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