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Monmouth University released a poll on Wednesday, Feb. 14 asking about the recent conspiracy theories that gained national attention before Super Bowl LVIII. Swift's boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce played in the game, which the Chiefs won 25-22 in overtime over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Feb. 11.
The pollsters asked if people think there's "a covert government effort" to have Swift try to help President Biden win the November 2024 election. Monmouth said 18 percent of respondents think it exists, 73 percent said it does not exist, and nine percent said they don't know.
Swift endorsed Biden before the 2020 Presidential election. After the Super Bowl, President Biden joked about the conspiracy theories on his personal Twitter account by posting a "Dark Brandon" meme and saying "Just like we drew it up."
On Super Bowl Sunday, Trump also posted about Swift and her rumored support of President Biden. Trump claimed on his Truth Social account that he was responsible for helping make Swift and other music artists more money by signing the Music Modernization Act.
Of those who believe the "Shake It Off" singer is part of a pro-Biden conspiracy, 71 percent identify with or lean towards the Republican party. Eighty-three percent of the group also said they're likely to support Trump in the 2024 election and 73 percent said they also believe the 2020 election outcome was fraudulent.
Monmouth also pointed out that some people who said the conspiracy exists also had not heard about it before being surveyed.
"The supposed Taylor Swift PsyOp conspiracy has legs among a decent number of Trump supporters," said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. "Even many who hadn’t heard about it before we polled them accept the idea as credible. Welcome to the 2024 election."
About two-thirds (68 percent) of Americans approve of Swift encouraging her fans to vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Breaking on party lines, Democrats (88 percent) and independents (71 percent) were more supportive of the idea than Republicans (42 percent).
Monmouth also got a bit of an approval rating for Swift, with 39 percent having a favorable opinion of her and 13 percent having an unfavorable opinion of her. More than four out of 10 (43 percent) had no opinion of her and five percent had never heard of her.
Almost two-thirds (65 percent) of the people polled didn't consider themselves fans of the "Lavender Haze" singer. "Swifties," the most passionate of her fans, made up six percent of the poll, and 22 percent said they were fans, but not "Swifties."
At 24 percent, Republicans were only slightly less likely than the 33 percent of Democrats who said they were fans of the star currently in the second year of The Eras Tour. Swift was also most popular among adults 35 to 55 years old, and parents were more likely than non-parents to enjoy her music.
Monmouth conducted the poll between Thursday, Feb. 8, and Monday, Feb. 12. A national random sample of 902 people 18 and older were surveyed.
Monmouth said it planned to release a poll about the 2024 Presidential election on Thursday, Feb. 15.
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