Carrie Underwood: Strongly Against Backing A Candidate
American Idol alum Carrie Underwood isn’t into celebrities who vocalize who they are voting for and says so in her TV Guide interview out November 6.
“I lose all respect for celebrities when they back a candidate,” the multiplatinum-selling singer says.
“It’s saying that the American public isn’t smart enough to make their own decisions,” Carrie explains.
“I would never want anybody to vote for anything or anybody just because I told them to. Music is where you go to get away from all the BS. Whether it’s from politics or just the world around you, music should be an escape.”
Do you agree with her? Did any celebrities sway your vote?
I lose all respect for celebs when they think that their opinions matter so much to the American public. People have the right, celebs included, to publicly back whichever candidate they choose. I don’t think many Americans over the legal voting age will be swayed by what some celebrites think. I think Carrie Underwood should give the American public a little mroe credit and herself a little less.
I agree with Miss Underwood to some extent. I don’t believe that it’s saying that the American public isn’t smart enough to make their own decisions, but I do hate it when a celebrity backs a candidate. I’m not saying they shouldn’t be able to; I’m just saying that they shouldn’t use their fame to try and sway others to vote the way they want them to. Like it or not, some Americans are easily swayed. They don’t take the time and read the issues themselves; they simply take someone else’s word for it, and in my opinion, just because you’re famous doesn’t mean you know jack about politics. (Some do; some don’t.)