By all accounts, Taylor Swift was born and raised as a blue person. She found her opportunity, however, in Nashville. Her records became progressively more pop (i.e., “blue”) as time went on, and she finally decided to move to New York and embrace a more urban audience and lifestyle. As far as I can tell, however, she did this without offending her country fans, who viewed her departure with regret instead of anger, so she can still cross over if the occasion presents itself, as I suspect it will at some point in the future.
Her music does not really speak to me, but I have great respect for her intelligence and business sense, and I think there is a lesson in this story that the Democratic Party needs to hear: a little effort to understand and visibly respect red culture can do a world of good.
T.S. 1989 2016!