(The Center Square) – High-profile celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé, Robert DeNiro, and countless others endorsed Kamala Harris in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 5 election, when she lost decisively to Donald Trump.
But an overwhelming majority of American voters say celebrity endorsements of the 2024 presidential candidates had no influence on who they voted for and, among some voters, such endorsements helped them decide who not to vote for.
A poll of 1,000 registered voters from Napolitan News Service asked two specific questions about celebrity endorsements: “Did celebrity endorsements make you more or less likely to vote for Donald Trump?” and “Did celebrity endorsements make you more or less likely to vote for Kamala Harris?”
Voters overwhelmingly said “no” to both.
“Celebrity endorsements in the 2024 election cycle were an inauthentic reach out to the American people, showing just how out of touch politicians are with what matters most to everyday Americans,” Napolitan News Service said in a statement accompanying its top-line results.
On the Trump question, 77% of respondents said endorsements made no difference and 2% said they were unsure; 12% said celebrity endorsements made them less likely to vote for a candidate and 9% said more likely.
Among voters who identify as independent on the same question, a total of 84% said no difference (74%) or not sure (5%); 9% said celebrity endorsements make them less likely to support a candidate and 7% said more likely.
On the Harris question, 74% said endorsements made no difference and 1% said they were unsure; 14% said celebrity endorsements made them less likely to vote for a candidate and 10% said more likely.
Among voters who identify as independent on the Harris question, a total of 87% said no difference (85%) or not sure (2%); 8% said celebrity endorsements make them less likely to support a candidate and 5% said more likely.
Former NBA star and current broadcaster Charles Barkley said on a post-election podcast that Democrats needed to run on fixing problems, not by trotting out celebrities.
“We still haven’t solved the immigration problem, never addressed inflation,” Barkley said, as poll after poll showed inflation and the border crisis were by far the top two issues on voters’ minds as they went to the polls. “Bringing all these stupid stars out to rally the vote, what was that? I love Beyoncé. That ain’t gonna make me vote a certain type of way.”
So, Kamala blows over a billion on her losing campaign which is now just money down the toilet that could have been used to pay off our national debt. Now we hear Oprah, like most liberal Democrat minded Diva spirits walked off with $2.5 million, laughing all the way to the bank, but crying later along with all the other loser celebrities, when she realizes she offended over half the country who will no longer buy into her politics disguised as entertainment. Just who goes out of their way to offend half the country, and half their audience, particularly when you are an entertainer and need all the fans you can rope in? Now THE PEOPLE understand how this country’s finances went down the drain in debt, by people too stupid to just keep their big traps shut and keep their paying audiences large. Had Kamala won the election she would have promoted similar stupidity mindsets into even larger power positions of wasting our tax dollars, even more than Biden did, that now Trump will have a chance to say “You’re FIRED”!
Celebrity endorsements just turned out to be evidence to the voters, of being the last refuge of a losing scoundrel. Who votes for that?
“You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your own dysfunction. Life is really about moving on,” Oprah Quote,,,,,,,,,,Democrats and Oprah take note, America is moving on, past the glitter, back to the basics.
Kamala Harris- There was a Song once that said,” SEND IN THE CLOWNS, NEVER MIND, THEYRE ALL READY HERE,
TIM WALTZ,Ran for RESIDENT AND VICE PRESKDENT…
Like real clowns both Harris ands Walz had big shoes to fill. They both signed up to be the human Cannon balls of the Democrat circus,,,,,but when they got fired, all America knew they were of the wrong caliber.
AND ONE is left to wonder.. DID ANY OF THOSE “Celebs” getting paid millions, REPORT THAT To the IRS to pay THEIR FAIR SHARE!?