Kelly Clarkson: I'm a fan of Hillary. She's badass. I don't want just a woman to win...

[deutsey]

42. I usually at least have a peripheral awareness of mainstream performers

But I guess as I get older the more I focus on those that really resonate with me and tune out the rest.

It looks as though Kelly is from American Idol, which I've never watched.

She apparently liked Ron Paul there for a while, until his old racist/homophobic views were exposed. To her credit, she dropped him. She apparently voted for Obama and couldn't support Romney because of his views on gay marriage.

Political views[edit]
On December 29, 2011, Clarkson posted on Twitter that she would vote for US Congressman Ron Paul as a 2012 presidential candidate, saying, "I love Ron Paul. I liked him a lot during the last Republican nomination and no one gave him a chance. If he wins the nomination for the Republican Party in 2012 he's got my vote. Too bad he probably won't."[152] After stating her support for Paul, she came under fire on Twitter, due to the controversy over racist and homophobic newsletters that were sent out under Paul's name in the 1980.[153] She later apologized for the tweet, saying she did not intend to offend anyone.[153] In 2012, Clarkson stated she would, again, vote for President Barack Obama. Clarkson stated, "I can't support Romney's policies as I have a lot of gay friends and I don't think it's fair they can't get married." She also cited women's rights issues by saying, "I'm not a hardcore feminist, but we can't be going back to the '50s."[153]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson#Political_views

I may have heard about this during the election, but it didn't stick because, again, I'm not really aware of who she is.