Kanye West Drops Out Of 2020 Presidential Race After 2% Polling
In a short-lived dream, Kanye West has dropped out of the 2020 presidential race after receiving a two percent national polling and missing crucial ballot deadlines. Just ten days after tweeting that he’d be running for president, news of Kanye West’s short-lived attempt to get on the 2020 ballot has broken.
Multiple campaign professionals told New York Magazine’s Intelligencer that “West took early steps last week toward getting his name on the ballot in Florida and other states as a third-party candidate running against Joe Biden and Donald Trump.” As West and his team pushed to gather 132,781 valid signatures from Florida voters by July 15 (less than a week), political specialist Steve Kramer noted that West “had overwhelming support to get him on the ballot.”
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However, as the deadline fast approached, on July 9, Kramer later updated the publication that Kanye was already out of the race, despite West posting a video on Twitter showing himself registering to vote for the first time in Cody, Wyoming. While it may not happen for 2020, West could certainly run for president in the future.
Later that night on the 9th, Kramer told the publication, “I have nothing good or bad to say about Kanye. Everyone has their personal decision about why they make decisions. Running for president has to be one of the hardest things for someone to actually contemplate at that level.” Adding that “any candidate running for president for the first time goes through these hiccups.”
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