Taylor Swift's Political Instagram Post Causes Spike in Voter Registration The singer flexed her star and social media power by encouraging her 112 million Instagram followers to register to vote by Tennessee's Oct. 9 deadline. After Taylor made the post, Vote.org experienced a nationwide flood of new voter registrations. In just 24-hours, 65,000 new registrations hit the website. Kamari Guthrie, director of communications for Vote.org The number is significant considering just 56,669 voters were registered during the entire month of August. Swift finally breaking her long silence on political issues may be the drive some young voters needed to hit the polls.
