- JL Partners surveyed 1,006 people for their opinions from December 10 to 11
It’s the question that divides families every holiday season: Should we spend it with my family or with yours?
But what if the choice was between popular culture’s first couple, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, or the political brothers’ first couple, Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Do you dream of an America First Christmas at Mar-a-Lago?
Or maybe a “picture perfect, shiny family, holiday, peppermint candies” kind of Midnight Rain holiday season?
Wonder no more. Our latest Christmas poll provides the answer, and voters are almost evenly split between those who want to spend the holidays with America’s newest couple in love, whose relationship blossomed in full view of the cameras, and those who prefer Swift and Kelce .
Overall, about 41 percent of registered voters said they would prefer the Swiftie Christmas.
But that was almost matched by the 40 percent who wanted to sit down with Trump, Musk and all things Christmas.
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The results of our research show that Donald Trump and Elon Musk can rival the appeal of the world’s most popular couple in Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
“This poll shows that while Trump is a politician, his past as a celebrity and showman has allowed him to compete with the biggest celebrities and match their popularity,” said Julian Gallie, research associate at JL Partners who conducted the poll has carried out. .
“Just a decade ago, it would have been unthinkable to say that Americans would rather spend Christmas with a politician than with the country’s biggest celebrity, but that’s not the case with Donald Trump.
‘This is especially pronounced in young men. Seven in 10 men aged 18 to 29 would prefer to spend Christmas with the president-elect over one of the country’s most popular singers and her superstar football boyfriend.
“In a generation historically disengaged from politics, this underlines Trump’s appeal.”
Swift recently ended her record-breaking Eras tour.
Fans spent more than $2 billion on tickets, giving her a global cultural presence unlike any star in history.
She tried to use that power to help Kamala Harris by supporting the Democratic candidate in September.
And about 59 percent of her fans followed her lead and voted for the vice president.
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Trump and Musk at the launch of a Space X Starship rocket test last month
But the results show a huge gender gap among young people, mirroring what happened in the election when young women broke for Harris and young men for Trump.
So while 62 percent of young men would prefer to go out with Trump and Musk at Christmas, only 27 percent of young women felt the same way.
Instead, they broke 49 percent for Swift and Kelce.
Trump is expected to spend Christmas at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida home, as he prepares to take office on January 20.
Whether the self-proclaimed ‘fist buddy’ Musk will be there is unknown.