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Kanye West reportedly out of presidential race
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 15 July 2020
Kanye West is out of the race to become President of the United States Of America. Pretty good going, considering it’s less than two weeks since he announced that he was in it.
Election specialist Steve Kramer, who had seemingly been hired to fast-track West’s campaign in Florida, told New York Magazine “he’s out”, adding that his company already had over 180 people working on the campaign at the point the plug was pulled.
Although the NY Mag article is newly published, it reveals that this exchange actually took place on 9 Jul, which means West was only actually in the race for five days. So any discussion you’ve had about it since then has been redundant. You totally wasted your time.
Assuming that it’s definitely true that West isn’t standing, of course. The same day as the NY Mag article going live, West posted a video on Twitter encouraging followers to register to vote – although not specifically for him.
West’s late in the day decision to stand for President meant that he had missed the deadline to get on the ballot in many states. However, Florida’s deadline is today. Seemingly that would have been the focus for his campaign.
In a national poll earlier this week, it was shown that only 2% of voters planned to vote for West. Although at the point the poll was published it appears he’d already pulled out anyway.
Back on the social networks, West’s more recent tweets have shared a roster for a Kanye-centric streaming service, a song dedicated to his late mother and a chair he really likes. Mainly the chair.
