Kanye West Dropped His Own $12M Bag On Failed 2020 Presidential Bid
A former Kanye West campaign operative tells People that the rapper dropped a $13.2 million bag on his failed 2020 presidential bid, with $12M of that sum being from his own pocket. The source says, “He isn’t versed enough politically. He figured that by doing it on his own, he could control his own media.”
Per a final Federal Election Commission report, West dropped nearly $12.5 million of his money, while raising a little over $2 million from outside contributions. In total, he ended up raising $14.5 million. It’s calculated that West nearly spent $200 for every vote after dropping $13.2M and only earning about 66,000 ballots nationally.
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As we reported, the rapper and designer launched his campaign on July 4, 2020, under the political party he dubbed “Birthday Party.” His platform mixed his fiscal conservatism views with Christianity, while focusing on the arts and criminal justice reform. Four months after his launch, West pulled out of the 2020 presidential race, with $1.3 million in the bank. He’d dropped $7.5 million “ballot access” fees, including $1.2 million payments to Atlas Strategy Group.
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