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It's becoming clearer which states Kanye West might have an impact on the 2020 election, though it remains unclear what difference his long-shot campaign could make in the overall results.
As deadlines around the country have come and gone, West, a rapper who has avidly supported President Donald Trump in the past and announced a run for the presidency earlier this summer, is officially on the ballot in 11 states.
His campaign has been unusual. Though he's running as a member of the "Birthday Party," it has been Republicans who have consistently worked on the often chaotic, buzzer-beater efforts to get West on ballots around the country. After a controversial campaign launch in South Carolina, West's wife, Kim Kardashian, posted on Instagram saying he was having a bipolar episode. West later apologized to his wife and thanked her for being there for him.
Of the states where West has been victorious in his long shot bid, the most keenly-watched swing states are Colorado and Minnesota, both competitive states that lean Democrat and voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. In Colorado, Clinton won by a narrow five percentage points, and Minnesota, she only won by 1.5 percentage points.
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WhiteTara
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(102,327 posts)spooky3
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(102,327 posts)to get on, rather than collect thousands of endorsing signatures.
It hasn't been an issue before, though it meant having nonsensical candidates listed on the ballot. Now, this needs to CHANGE!
Doremus
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(7,261 posts)jalan48
(13,876 posts)demosincebirth
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(102,327 posts)In Mississippi, another Republican state, West filed to get on the ballot on Friday. A decision for West in Mississippi is expected on Sept. 8.
But the final deadline to file to get on any more ballots came Friday, after months of blanketing states around the country with petitioners outside grocery stores and courthouses.
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While West has pending lawsuits in Wisconsin, Ohio and West Virginia, states where he was rejected from the ballot and then sued, past lawsuits haven't gone in his favor. Courts have already ruled against West in Arizona and Virginia, where he was rejected from the ballot because he filed as an independent but is a registered Republican and didn't have enough valid signatures, respectively.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/states-kanye-west-ballot-now-access-deadlines-passed/story?id=72825469
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)All 6 of the electors on his papers are known republicans. I can see the repugs sending flyers into targeted zip codes to promote West but I doubt it will impact the election.