Taylor Swift has yet to endorse a 2024 presidential candidate. Here’s a complete timeline of her involvement in politics.

During an interview with Time to promote her 2012 album “Red,” Swift dodged questions about the upcoming presidential election.

Swift said she’d been following the race between President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, but she felt uncomfortable trying to influence her fans.

“I try to keep myself as educated and informed as possible. But I don’t talk about politics because it might influence other people,” Swift said. “And I don’t think that I know enough yet in life to be telling people who to vote for.”

That same year, during another interview with a Norwegian journalist, Swift reiterated her reluctance to endorse politicians.

“I just figure, I’m a 22-year-old singer and I don’t know if people really want to hear my political views,” Swift said. “I think they just kind of want to hear me sing songs about breakups and feelings.”

(Years later, Swift confirmed she voted for Obama in 2012.)

Spurred by her silence during the 2016 election season, white supremacists online began to worship Swift.

“Firstly, Taylor Swift is a pure Aryan goddess, like something out of classical Greek poetry. Athena reborn. That’s the most important thing,” Andre Anglin wrote on the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, per Vice.

Anglin claimed that Swift was “secretly a Nazi” and waiting for Donald Trump to become president before showing her true colors. He also said Swift would get married to one of Trump’s sons so they could be “crowned American royalty.”

In May 2016, far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos wrote an article for Breitbart titled “Taylor Swift is an alt-right pop icon.”

Yiannopoulos claimed that Swift had “red-pilled” her fan base and the music industry at large, meaning that she’d concealed her supposed right-wing beliefs. As proof, he cited her appearance (white, blonde, blue-eyed), her rural background (Swift grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania before moving to Nashville), and her reluctance to speak openly about politics or religion.

After Swift disclosed her liberal political leanings in 2018, 4Chan users who supported the baseless conspiracy theory called Swift a “traitor.”

The first annual Women’s March on Washington drew a large crowd of A-listers, including Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, and Madonna.

Swift was criticized on social media for her absence, though she did tweet in support of the movement.

“So much love, pride, and respect for those who marched,” Swift wrote in the since-deleted post. “I’m proud to be a woman today, and every day. #WomensMarch.”

In December 2017, Swift was one of dozens of people celebrated by Time as a “Silence Breaker.”

The honor came after Swift filed a lawsuit against David Mueller, a radio DJ whom Swift accused of groping her.

The incident, which was caught on camera, took place in 2013. Mueller was fired after Swift reported his behavior to his employer. Mueller then sued Swift for defamation, so she filed a countersuit — for a symbolic $1 — and won.

“What Mr. Mueller did was very intentional,” Swift testified in court. “I am critical of your client for sticking his hand under my skirt and grabbing my ass.”

The trial took place in August 2017, just before the floodgates were opened by the broader #MeToo movement, when women came forward to accuse Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct. Since then, over 50 women have come forward with allegations against Weinstein, and many more have gone public with allegations against other powerful figures in the entertainment industry.

Once the trial ended, Swift pledged donations to “multiple organizations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves.”

“I acknowledge the privilege that I benefit from in life, in society and in my ability to shoulder the enormous cost of defending myself in a trial like this,” she wrote in a statement. “My hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard.”

Swift made a public political endorsement for the first time on October 7, 2018.

Ahead of the midterm elections, Swift shared a post on Instagram to champion Democratic candidates Phil Bredesen and Jim Cooper, who were both running for Congress in Swift’s home state of Tennessee.

Swift also included harsh criticism of Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the Republican who represented Tennessee’s 7th District and was running against Bredesen for a US Senate seat.

“As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn,” Swift said. “Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me. She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values.”

In the post’s lengthy caption, Swift made it clear that she condemns racism, sexism, and homophobia.

“I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love,” she wrote.

Swift’s passionate endorsement made national news. Many people were surprised that Swift revealed her voting plans after so many years of building an apolitical brand, though others pointed out themes in songs like “Welcome to New York” (“You can want who you want / Boys and boys and girls and girls”) that had already indicated Swift’s progressive mindset.

After her Instagram post went viral, Swift liked dozens of social media posts that showed support for her political engagement.

Later that same month, Swift shared another Instagram in support of Bredesen, writing in the caption, “We want leadership, not fear-based extremism.”

On March 6, 2019, Swift published an essay in Elle magazine titled “30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30.”

For No. 28, Swift addressed her evolving role in the political sphere and longtime reluctance to get involved.

“I’m finding my voice in terms of politics,” she wrote. “I took a lot of time educating myself on the political system and the branches of government that are signing off on bills that affect our day-to-day life. I saw so many issues that put our most vulnerable citizens at risk, and felt like I had to speak up to try and help make a change.”

“Only as someone approaching 30 did I feel informed enough to speak about it to my 114 million followers,” Swift continued. “Invoking racism and provoking fear through thinly veiled messaging is not what I want from our leaders, and I realized that it actually is my responsibility to use my influence against that disgusting rhetoric. I’m going to do more to help. We have a big race coming up next year.”

Swift officially launched her “Lover” era on April 26, 2019. The album’s lead single “Me!” featured pansexual rockstar Brendon Urie and introduced Swift’s new rainbow-heavy aesthetic, signaling a shift in her priorities.

The album’s second single “You Need to Calm Down,” released on Trump’s birthday, was an explicit ode to LGBTQ+ rights.

The music video depicts a tight-knit trailer park community, occupied by a huge cast of queer musicians and celebrities, and ends with a call to sign a petition in support of the Equality Act — a piece of legislation that aims to extend anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ+ citizens.

Swift brought several of her “You Need to Calm Down” costars to the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, where they accepted the award for video of the year. While onstage, Swift criticized the White House for failing to respond to her petition, which had collected over 500,000 signatures so far.

“In this video, several points were made, so you voting for this video means that you want a world where we’re all treated equally under the law. Regardless of who we love, regardless of how we identify,” Swift said in her acceptance speech.

“I want to thank everyone who signed that petition because it has half a million signatures, which is five times the amount it would need to warrant a response from the White House,” she added, tapping her watch. (To this day, the Equality Act still has not been signed into law.)

Swift continued to campaign for LGBTQ+ rights in 2019 and beyond, from making large donations to organizations like GLAAD to denouncing “harmful” anti-gay legislation during her concerts.

In the climactic scene of Netflix’s 2020 documentary “Miss Americana” — which explores the evolution of Swift’s public persona, especially throughout the “Reputation” and “Lover” eras — Swift argues with members of her family and team about ending her apolitical stance in 2018.

A member of Swift’s team points out that she had not gotten involved in politics or religion for 12 years, arguing that doing so could cut her fanbase in half.

Swift’s father, Scott Swift, says that he would be “terrified” for Swift’s safety if she were to get involved with politics. He also says that well-known rockstars would stay out of it.

“Why would you? Does Bob Hope do it? Does Bing Crosby do it? Does Mick Jagger do it?” Scott asks his daughter, to which Swift replies, “First of all, these aren’t your dad’s celebrities and these aren’t your dad’s Republicans.”

Swift gets teary-eyed as she insists, “It’s really basic human rights, and it’s right and wrong at this point.” She also says she regrets her silence during the 2016 election season, but she can only change her behavior moving forward.

“I need to do this. I need you to just — dad, I need you to forgive me for doing it because I’m doing it,” she says.

When Swift’s publicist, Tree Paine, points out that Trump might attack her, Swift replies, “Yeah, fuck that, I don’t care. If I get bad press for saying, ‘Don’t put a homophobic racist in office,’ then I get bad press for that.”

The argument leads to Swift sharing her famous Instagram post, in which she condemns Rep. Blackburn and endorses two Democratic candidates for Senate. Later in the documentary, Swift tells the camera, “I feel really good about not feeling muzzled anymore. And it was my own doing.”

“As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things,” Swift wrote on social media. “Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such.”

In a series of tweets, Swift explained the disturbing history of both Carmack and Forrest, whom she described as a white supremacist and “brutal slave trader,” respectively.

Swift declared her support for Black Lives Matter protestors who tore down Carmack’s statue in Nashville, adding, “Replacing his statue is a waste of state funds and a waste of an opportunity to do the right thing.”

Swift directly addressed the Capitol Commission and the Tennessee Historical Commission, asking them to stop “fighting for these monuments” in her home state.

“Taking down statues isn’t going to fix centuries of systemic oppression, violence and hatred that black people have had to endure but it might bring us one small step closer to making ALL Tennesseans and visitors to our state feel safe — not just the white ones,” she wrote.

Two days after Trump admitted to withholding funding for the US Postal Service, in attempt to sabotage mail-in voting for the 2020 presidential election, Swift tweeted a scathing takedown of his “ineffective leadership.”

“Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS proves one thing clearly: He is WELL AWARE that we do not want him as our president,” she wrote. “He’s chosen to blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to hold on to power.”

“Donald Trump’s ineffective leadership gravely worsened the crisis that we are in and he is now taking advantage of it to subvert and destroy our right to vote and vote safely,” Swift continued. “Request a ballot early. Vote early.”

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that enshrined the federal right to abortion, Michelle Obama said she was “heartbroken” in a statement shared on social media.

Swift re-shared Obama’s statement, adding that she is “terrified” by the blow to reproductive rights.

“I’m absolutely terrified that this is where we are — that after so many decades of people fighting for women’s rights to their own bodies, today’s decision has stripped us of that,” Swift tweeted.

On September 21, 2023 (aka National Voter Registration Day), Swift shared another Instagram story to encourage her fans to vote.

“I’ve been so lucky to see so many of you guys at my US shows recently,” she said, referring to the Eras Tour. “I’ve heard you raise your voices, and I know how powerful they are. Make sure you’re ready to use them in our elections this year!”

Swift’s post sparked a 1,226% jump in registrations within a single hour, according to Vote.org. Over 35,000 new voters were registered by the end of the day.

On March 5, 2024 (aka Super Tuesday), Swift shared yet another endorsement-less post about the importance of voting.

“I wanted to remind you guys to vote the people who most represent YOU into power,” Swift wrote in her Instagram story. “If you haven’t already, make a plan to vote today.”

Swift has yet to endorse either candidate running for president in 2024, despite reported pressure from both sides to win her support.