Jonathan Weiler on reasons the right freaks out about Taylor Swift:
"In the past few years, an ocean of pixels has been spilled documenting and analyzing the shift, especially of White men, but also to a lesser extent, non-White men, to the Republican Party. Less discussed has been the movement among women, notably young, unmarried women, to the Democratic Party."
"Whereas more educated voters once tended to vote Republican in greater numbers, and less educated voters Democratic, those tendencies have flipped. Gender is part of the story here, insofar as the increasing support among young women for the Democratic Party has coincided with their increasing college attendance. Indeed, women now significantly outnumber men among recent college graduates and in law schools and medical schools."