What conspiracy? If anything, it's overt:<p>"The biggest and most influential endorsement target is Ms. Swift, 34, the pop sensation and N.F.L. enthusiast, who can move millions of supporters with an Instagram post or a mid-concert aside. She endorsed Mr. Biden in 2020 and, last year, a single Instagram post of hers led to 35,000 new voter registrations. Fund-raising appeals from Ms. Swift could be worth millions of dollars for Mr. Biden. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a top Biden surrogate, all but begged Ms. Swift to become more involved in Mr. Biden’s campaign when he spoke to reporters after a Republican primary debate in September. “Taylor Swift stands tall and unique,” he said. “What she was able to accomplish just in getting young people activated to consider that they have a voice and that they should have a choice in the next election, I think, is profoundly powerful.” The chatter around Ms. Swift and the potential of reaching her 279 million Instagram followers reached such intensity that the Biden team urged applicants in a job posting for a social media position not to describe their Taylor Swift strategy — the campaign had enough suggestions already. One idea that has been tossed around, a bit in jest: sending the president to a stop on Ms. Swift’s Eras Tour."<p>That's from the NYT, btw: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/us/politics/biden-trump-election-taylor-swift.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/us/politics/biden-trump-e...</a> - and there are tons of other similar coverage about how they're courting her.<p>If something is removed from the truth, it's Monmouth University Poll's spin. I guess the thinking process was:<p>"We asked people how many believe this Taylor Swift used in favor of Biden story, and X% said they did. So we're going to say that 'X% believe in a 'T.S. conspiracy theory'. We don't need to clarify what they believe in exactly, or explain in what way it's a 'conspiracy theory' as opposed to overt courting with behind-the-scenes favors exchanged".