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Meet the Swifties Campaigning for Kamala Harris

Taylor Swift enthusiasts’ experience operating stan accounts has provided them with the skills to organize—and the vice president’s campaign is getting in on the action.

“The shared interest and knowledge of the fandom is definitely a really great way to bridge that connection over to civic engagement and political activism,” Madeline Miner, 22, a Swifties for Kamala social media coordinator, tells WIRED. The group has grown so quickly that it’s already undergone three “restructurings.” Now, it has more than 80,000 followers on TikTok, 48,000 on X, 16,000 on Instagram, and a Substack titled “Paint the Town Blue,” in reference to a Swift song. Facing a tough primary in 2020, young people and various pop culture stan accounts began organizing for US senator Ed Markey, a Massachussets Democrat, building a community known as the Markeyverse.

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