Jennifer Lawrence says celebrities make no difference on how people vote. Is that true?
The Oscar-winning "Hunger Games" star, 35, recently told The New York Times' "The Interview" podcast she has been questioning whether she should continue speaking out about politics after criticizing President Donald Trump for years and endorsing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the last two presidential elections.
"We've learned election after election, celebrities do not make a difference whatsoever on who people vote for," she said in the Nov. 1 episode. "And so then what am I doing?"
The comments came a year after Trump, for the second time, defeated a Democratic candidate who had a wave of celebrity supporters behind her — including Taylor Swift, who endorsed Harris with much fanfare in 2024.
Jessica Feezell, an associate professor of political science at the University of New Mexico, tells USA TODAY Lawrence is correct that celebrity endorsements "rarely determine how people vote."
