Taylor Swift will sing as the opener at the American Music Awards at 8 pm eastern time and 7 pm central time, after posting on Instagram that she would vote for Democrats in the midterm elections in Tennessee.<\/b>
\nTaylor Swift will perform her single \u201cI Did Something Bad\u201d on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Eastern time and 7 p.m. Central time as she opens the American Music Awards on ABC.
And Republicans likely agree with her song choice.
Swift waded into politics in an Instagram post on Sunday, revealing she would be voting for Democrats on the ballot in Tennessee. The post surprised fans and critics, who have either chastised or praised the pop icon for years over her reluctance to be open about her personal political beliefs.
Swift wrote that \u201cdue to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years,\u201d she decided to break her silence.
\u201cAs much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn,\u201d Swift wrote, referring to the GOP member of Congress running for the state\u2019s open Senate seat. \u201cHer voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me.\u201d
Instead, Swift said she will vote for former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen for Senate in Tennessee, and Jim Cooper for the House of Representatives.
\u201cPlease, please educate yourself on the candidates running in your state and vote based on who most closely represents your values,\u201d Swift wrote.
Republicans such as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee were quick to criticize.
Swift \u201chas every right to be political,\u201d Huckabee wrote on Twitter. But he said her opinion won\u2019t impact the election unless 13-year-old-girls get to vote.
Could Swift\u2019s call to action come up during her performance tonight? She hasn\u2019t said, but in her Instagram post, Swift notes that Oct. 9 is the last day for voters to register in the state of Tennessee \u2014 and that happens to be the date of her AMAs performance.
Swift\u2019s AMAs appearance will be her first at an award show in almost three years, CNN reports.
The midterms will be held Nov. 6, and control of both the House and the Senate is at stake.
While Republicans currently control both chambers, polling suggests Democrats have a chance of capturing the House. And the close Tennessee Senate race that Bredesen and Blackburn are locked in could determine which party controls the upper chamber, given the slim majority Republicans hold in the Senate.
Regardless of her performance tonight, Swift\u2019s political call to action has already had an impact, according to a voter registration site.
\u201cWe have never seen a 24- or 36- or 48-hour period like this,\u201d said Vote.org spokeswoman Kamari Guthrie, according to the New York Times. \u201cThis is leaps and bounds beyond what we typically see.\u201d
Vote.org said that 65,000 registered to vote in the 24 hours after Swift\u2019s post, compared to 190,178 new voters who registered across the U. S. in all of September, and 56,669 who registered to vote on the site in August, Buzzfeed reports.<\/p>\n

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