Celebrity threats to up sticks and leave when they don’t like the choice of more than half of Americans don’t help their case that the election was all about democracy.

The more celebs speechified about saving democracy, the less those focused on their own economy listened.

While affluent voters shifted to the Democrats, there was an almost 15 point swing towards Trump amongst voters earning less than $50,000. Shortly after Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris, a YouGov poll found that only 8% of voters would be more likely to vote for her. 20% said the endorsement made them less likely to vote for Harris.

Like centre-left parties everywhere, the Democrats have been taken over by the cultural elite who tell the rest of us how we should talk, what we should eat, and who to vote for. Then they tell us off for making the wrong choice.

There was a case for celebrities in politics. They helped draw attention to a candidate. Now they make politics about who you like most. You can’t have a contest of ideas when political contests are about how you feel. How do you disagree with someone’s emotions?

Celebritisation of politics makes Trump more plausible because he does politics as reality TV. Each day he hucksters headlines with new outrages and excesses. His aim is to swamp the conversation, leaving no room for substance. Don’t look away.

Read Josie's column in The Post.