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Taylor Swift Gets Political For The First Time This Election Season

Taylor Swift Gets Political For The First Time This US Election Season
Taylor Swift Instagram
About time.
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About time.

Taylor Swift has been about as absent this election season as we were for freshman year gym class (VERY), but the pop star made a last-ditch effort to get political with an Instagram of herself in line at a voting station on Tuesday.

“Today is the day. Go out and VOTE 🇺🇸,” she captioned the photo.

Today is the day. Go out and VOTE 🇺🇸

A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on

Swift has refrained from endorsing Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump this election much to the displeasure of many young fans who consider the singer to be a role model.

Her silence, however, has only increased speculation regarding Swift’s political affiliations, according to Google Trends, as more people have searched for who Swift is voting for than any other person.

The photo will likely rack up millions of likes and comments, but in our eyes ...