Overview
- Multiple self-identified Nicki Minaj fans on X wrote that they are leaving the Democratic Party for the GOP, with individual posts drawing hundreds of thousands of views.
- Conservative activist Scott Presler publicly offered one-on-one help for Barbz to register or change party status, and Turning Point Action’s Tyler Bowyer urged voter drives tied to Minaj events.
- News coverage cautions that social-media pledges do not equal registrations, and there is no public evidence yet of measurable voter-roll changes or turnout effects.
- The online wave follows Minaj’s high-profile alignment with President Trump, including appearances at pro-Trump events and her description of herself as “probably the president’s number one fan.”
- Her political turn has faced sharp backlash, including viral booing clips, petitions calling for her deportation, and jabs from Trevor Noah at the Grammys.