Taylor Swift's conspiracy theory is embraced by nearly 1 in 5 Americans, polls show

The Super Bowl may be over, but right-wing conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift and the 2024 presidential election are still raging.

Eighteen percent of Americans believe there is “a secret government effort” for Ms. Swift, the global pop icon, to help President Biden win re-election, according to This is evident from a poll released Wednesday by Monmouth University.

The poll found that a large majority of people — 71 percent — who believe the administration is using Ms. Swift to help Mr. Biden were Republicans, and 83 percent of those who embraced the baseless theory said they were likely would vote for former President Donald. J. Trump in November.

There was overlap with the 2020 election denial: 73 percent of respondents who endorsed the Swift conspiracy theory also said they believed the lie, perpetuated by Mr. Trump and others, that the last presidential election was fraudulent.

Questionable connections between Ms. Swift and Mr. Biden sparked a wave of anger and wild speculation among online conservatives ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl, which Ms. Swift attended as a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs, the team that has her boyfriend, the tight end Travis Kelce, on duty.

Mr. Biden's campaign has privately longed for another endorsement from Ms. Swift, who endorsed him in 2020 and jokingly entertained the idea that the president had helped fix the big game. After the Chiefs won in overtime on Sunday, the Biden campaign began posted a photo on social media from the Dark Brandon meme, which depicts Mr. Biden as a mastermind with laser eyes, with the winking caption: “Just the way we drew it.”