Kanye may already have his first campaign scandal. 65% said they would not like to see him run. Adults in 2015–before West’s shift to Trump, while he was teasing a 2020 run–found that 6% said they would consider voting for West, while 20% said they wouldn’t consider voting for him but would like to see him run. Surprising FactĪ YouGov poll of 1,000 U.S. But it could go the other way, as West has much higher favorability among Trump’s whiter, Republican base than among Black and Democratic voters. Kanye’s announcement was immediately met with speculation that his bid would damage Trump’s Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden. West further embraced Trump in 2018, posting a photo of himself in a Make America Great Again hat and meeting with Trump in the Oval Office where he said of Trump “I love this guy.” Later that year, West distanced himself from Trump and politics, tweeting “my eyes are now wide open and now realize I’ve been used to spread messages I don’t believe in." News Peg Shortly after the 2016 election, West declared at a concert that he would’ve voted for Donald Trump. Once a donor to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, West’s politics have shifted considerably in recent years.
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