A history of celebrity presidential endorsements, from Babe Ruth to Taylor Swift

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

91% : "She'd make a good president," Trump said, calling her "very talented" and "terrific." After she lost to Barack Obama, though, Trump flipped to Republican candidate John McCain for the general election.
85% : McCain is "a great guy, a tremendous guy," Trump told CNN's Larry King in announcing his endorsement.
68% : " Before Trump was receiving presidential endorsements, he was bestowing them -- and also once flipped his party support within the same year.
44% : Last week, Donald Trump touted Taylor Swift's endorsement of his presidential campaign -- except that the pop superstar had done no such thing, and the images Trump had reposted on Truth Social were generated by AI.
37% : By 2020, she was fully invested in the presidential race, tweeting criticisms of Trump, endorsing Biden in a V Magazine cover story and baking "Biden 2020" cookies.
21% : (Trump, of course, would turn on both Clinton and McCain in the years ahead.)
17% : At the time a tabloid fixture and host of the reality show "The Apprentice," Trump originally endorsed Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful bid for 2008's Democratic nomination.

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