You're right. I misspoke in calling them MAGA folk; those aren't the people I'm worried about. I meant more the casual "oh, if Kanye thinks DJT is cool maybe I'll vote for him" crowd.
Imagine if he split the democratic voters though. Holy shit that would be hilarious. Even a seemingly insignificant third party candidate could siphon enough votes to decide an election. Although I think there's a ton of shit he would've needed to file with the FEC before this anyway, lol.
Why does everyone assume he's going to split the Democrats? The guy has been mostly ostracized from them for the past 2 years. They hate him. All this would do IMO is pull black votes away from Trump.
It’s called viral marketing... he’s a genius at viral marketing second only to Trump... expect an album announcement or something along those lines in short order... have you even read the art of the deal?
If he clings onto this BLM train he could get the white guilt liberals and People of colour to fund his entire campaign. He only needs to take 2-4% of the vote from Biden to see Trump win an enormous electoral college victory.
It doesn't matter if he can actually get on ballots. It's good publicity for him and he will probably use his airtime to rail against the Democrats. There is a segment of America (particularly black America) who are smart enough to see that the Dems aren't their friends but are currently too far-gone to vote Trump.
He’s still on the Trump train. Almost wonder if he bows out and throws his support over to Trump during the convention. The way this year has gone, I wouldn’t rule out a wild announcement during the convention where West takes Pence’s spot.
There is a possibility he is doing it just to raise his profile. Which is the reason he does anything.
I will laugh when he gets the most votes ever by a write-in
Por que no los dos?
Mind you this is exactly what people said about Trump in 2016.
Get prepared for a Kanye landslide, people.
Oh for sure. He’s not anti Trump at all. But it’s fucking hysterical, let him run :)
What's the difference between a vote siphon and a vote catheter? Head pressure?
not only that ... he didn't specifically indicate he's running this year
he hashtagged 2020vision
that could mean his vision is to run for president in 2024 or some other future election
That was my initial thought.
It's attention whoring for a probable upcoming album
Meh. He’s allowed to run, let him. No one who’s for Trump is gonna change their vote by any meaningful margin. Siphon off the black vote lol
DJT would do a lot better with a KW endorsement that a KW opponent.
agreed, but I'm afraid he would siphon the black MAGA folks and not the lost Dems
You're right. I misspoke in calling them MAGA folk; those aren't the people I'm worried about. I meant more the casual "oh, if Kanye thinks DJT is cool maybe I'll vote for him" crowd.
Imagine if he split the democratic voters though. Holy shit that would be hilarious. Even a seemingly insignificant third party candidate could siphon enough votes to decide an election. Although I think there's a ton of shit he would've needed to file with the FEC before this anyway, lol.
You can't just get on the Presidential Ballot. You have to file in each state, collecting thousands of signatures and file with the FEC.
The deadlines have past already. He can run in 2024 but he's prob trolling.
Deadlines haven’t passed. He’s running as an Independent.
https://ballotpedia.org/Deadline_to_run_for_president
See second table for Independents, first table is Party candidates.
He wouldn't want the job. There is no way in hell that he would want to step into that swamp.
Nope. It's all fun and games until you actually sit in the big chair.
Why does everyone assume he's going to split the Democrats? The guy has been mostly ostracized from them for the past 2 years. They hate him. All this would do IMO is pull black votes away from Trump.
Agree, my first thought. This is bad for DJT (if it's this year)
It’s called viral marketing... he’s a genius at viral marketing second only to Trump... expect an album announcement or something along those lines in short order... have you even read the art of the deal?
This is America any citizen born here can run, let Ye be Ye
Enjoy 2020.
If he clings onto this BLM train he could get the white guilt liberals and People of colour to fund his entire campaign. He only needs to take 2-4% of the vote from Biden to see Trump win an enormous electoral college victory.
It doesn't matter if he can actually get on ballots. It's good publicity for him and he will probably use his airtime to rail against the Democrats. There is a segment of America (particularly black America) who are smart enough to see that the Dems aren't their friends but are currently too far-gone to vote Trump.
Fucking imagine he gets more votes than Biden.
The memes would be historical.
Trump- 70m votes
Kanye- 30m votes
Biden- 27m votes
Bernie- 13k votes
Yes, getting on the ballot in many, if any, states will be hard to do....
Hes going to expose Joe Biden as a racist to black voters and then turn around and endorse Trump, its gonna be beautiful
If Kanye is serious, he should first run as California Governor. He could beat Newsom.
Kanye West would give a lot of blacks a person to say they voted for and still be “black.”
In the privacy of the voting booth they can vote Trump.
Does he have enough time to get on the ballot in most states?
Even if he never gets on a ticket just the notion of a red pulled black Republican running for president is a gateway drug to Trump.
So you have to be a dem or rep to run for President? I didn’t know that is a rule. That’s sarcasm btw.
If he’s able to pull enough votes away from Biden for California to go red, he’ll have my vote for Governor 😎
He’s still on the Trump train. Almost wonder if he bows out and throws his support over to Trump during the convention. The way this year has gone, I wouldn’t rule out a wild announcement during the convention where West takes Pence’s spot.
Number of people who know that's not the point...
He may split the Dem vote.🤣🤣🤣🤣