{"id":2249623,"date":"2024-05-21T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/star-power-young-voters-identify-which-celebrities-move-the-needle-for-them-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T15:37:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T19:37:54","slug":"star-power-young-voters-identify-which-celebrities-move-the-needle-for-them-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/star-power-young-voters-identify-which-celebrities-move-the-needle-for-them-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Celeb Influence: Young Voters Reveal 2024 Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstar-power-young-voters-identify-which-celebrities-move-the-needle-for-them-in-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249623&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Young voters in\u2064 a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devin-nunes-to-newsmax-trump-wants-to-win-back-the-house-senate-before-wh\/\" title=\"Devin Nunes to Newsmax: Trump Wants to Win Back the House, Senate, Before WH\">recent poll revealed<\/a> their preferences for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manhattan-district-attorney-candidate-plans-to-offer-alternatives-to-incarceration-for-all-crimes-including-rape-murder\/\" title=\"Manhattan District Attorney Candidate Plans To Offer Alternatives To Incarceration For All Crimes, Including Rape, Murder\">celebrity endorsements<\/a> influencing their 2024\u2062 election vote. Zendaya&#8217;s\u2064 endorsement resonates most with 18-30-year-olds, while Taylor Swift didn&#8217;t rank\u2063 in the top 20. Different celebrity endorsers \u2062appeal to\u200d young Republicans, Democrats, and \u2064Independents, impacting \u2064their \u200dcandidate support. \u2064Celebrities like LeBron James and Zendaya hold significant sway based on\u2063 demographic factors.\u200d The Net Impact ranking highlights endorsements&#8217; effectiveness, \u200cwith Zendaya leading \u200bpositively and\u2064 figures like Jake Paul and Elon Musk scoring\u200c negatively. \u200bNotable personalities\u2063 across sports, entertainment,\u200b and music industries also feature in the influential list.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As part of a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/polls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/behind-the-scenes-at-bidens-bizarre-press-conference\/\" title=\"Behind The Scenes At Biden\u2019s Bizarre Press Conference\">young voters<\/a> identified which <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>celebrity<\/a> endorsements would be most likely to influence their <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-turnout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vote<\/a> in the 2024 election. <\/p>\n<p><em>Challengers<\/em> actress Zendaya\u2019s endorsement holds the most weight with voters ages 18-30, the Blueprint <a href=\"https:\/\/blueprint2024.com\/polling\/youth-poll-may\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> found, while pop star Taylor Swift didn\u2019t crack the top 20 on the list.<\/p>\n<p>Blueprint\u2019s lead strategist Alyssa Cass described celebrity endorsements as \u201cthe Lyft or Uber of campaign tactics\u201d to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. She explained that \u201ccelebrity endorsements are a sign of momentum, and celebrity endorsements drive momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Young Republicans and Democrats have differing lists<\/h2>\n<p>Young Republicans signaled they are most likely to support a candidate endorsed by Kevin Hart, 26%, Taylor Swift, 25%, LeBron James, 24%, Kanye West, 22%, and Lil Wayne, 22%.\u00a0Their Democratic counterparts, on the other hand, chose Zendaya, 38%, Billie Eilish, 31%, Megan Thee Stallion, 28%, and Dua Lipa, 25%.<\/p>\n<p>Independents of the same age group picked Eminem, 23%, MrBeast, 22%, Tom Holland, 22%, Harry Styles, 20%, and Kendrick Lamar, 19%.<\/p>\n<p>The most influential endorser for young men is LeBron James, 30%, while young women are more influenced by Zendaya, 24%, who is also most influential to those without a college degree, 23%. Her <em>Spiderman<\/em> co-star Tom Holland is most influential to those with a college degree, with 28% signaling they were more likely to support a candidate if he endorsed them.<\/p>\n<p>Slightly more than 40% of young black voters chose Lil Wayne as a figure whose endorsement would make them more likely to support a candidate, while 40% of young Latinos picked LeBron James.<\/p>\n<h2>The full list broken down by \u2018Net Impact\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The list of 42 celebrities is ranked in order of Net Impact, which subtracts the negative impact of a celebrity\u2019s endorsement from its positive impact. Zendaya has the highest Net Impact at 17, with 24% saying they would be more likely to support a candidate she endorsed and 7% saying they would be less likely. Jake Paul and Elon Musk had the worst Net Impact, coming in at -16 and -14, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The figures on the list come from a variety of backgrounds. Some other notable celebrities on the list include athletes such as Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler, actors such as Timothee Chalamet and Sydney Sweeney, and music artists such as Eminem and Olivia Rodrigo.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Blueprint\u2019s Polling With The Stars: The Celebrity Endorsements Most Likely to Move Young Voters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>How will celebrity endorsements affect the 2024 race?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ship.edu\/academics\/colleges\/cas\/programs\/political-science\/political_science_faculty\/alison_dagnes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alison Dagnes<\/a>, chairwoman of Shippensburg University\u2019s Department of Political Science, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>celebrity endorsements won\u2019t have huge effects on the race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, but they are worth considering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think that this could move the needle,\u201d Dagnes said. \u201cNot a huge amount, but a little. And we\u2019re talking about a presidential race where little is a lot.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump is <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/national\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>narrowly<\/a> beating Biden in many recent polls.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that while Biden has had trouble in the polls with young voters this cycle, \u201cif he starts to get famous and adored surrogates out there, that could help move the needle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dagnes stressed that young voters won\u2019t likely be \u201cswayed to change their vote\u201d based on these endorsements, but they could be swayed to come out and vote instead of staying home on Election Day. \u201cAs loud as they are, and as much as they protest, they don\u2019t vote. They just don\u2019t,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said that the only candidates that might see a larger percent increase in votes as a result of a celebrity endorsement are third-party candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, who are long shots to win a single state, let alone the election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent poll, young voters pinpointed celebrity endorsements that could sway their 2024 vote. Zendaya&#8217;s support tops the list among 18-30-year-olds, per Blueprint. Surprisingly, Taylor Swift didn&#8217;t make the top 20 cut. The poll, conducted by Blueprint, reveals intriguing insights on celebrity influence in politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2670,"featured_media":2249624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-21-May-2024-02-37-PM-9233.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-21-May-2024-02-37-PM-9233.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}