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SingerTaylor Swift s Instagram announcementthat she s supporting Tennessee s Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen has apparently caused a spike in voter registrations, both nationwide and in Tennessee, where Bredesen faces a close race against Republican Marsha Blackburn for Sen. Bob Corker s seat.According to the group Vote.org, Swift s post to her 112 million Instagram followersseems to have helped bring out young voters. A majority of new registrations since Sunday have been from people between 18 and 29 years old, the group said in a release Tuesday. About 64,000 out of the 105,000 total new registrations nationwide since Sunday are in this age group.For the month of October so far, 153,978 people have registered to vote. In the entire month of September, 190,178 people registered to vote. In Tennessee, voter regi stanley cup website stration for October has already outstripped Sept stanley cups uk ember registration figures. At this point, 5,183 have registered in Tennessee, compared to 2, stanley cup 811 for September.The pop star -- who lived for several years in Tennessee -- told her Instagram followers that she couldn t supportBlackburnbecause her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me. Swift added, These are not MY Tennessee values. Swift objects to Blackburn s opposition to certain LGBTQ rights and her vote against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013. Blackburn s campaign did not immediately return a request for comment. Kzhz Fareed Zakaria = Neville Chamberlain
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