Kanye West, the 43-year-old American rapper and singer who is running for the 46th President of the United States, has admitted his defeat in the election and hinted that he will run again in the next election.
Kanye West ran as an independent in the presidential election and was eligible to vote in only 12 of the 50 states in the United States.
Kanye West surprised everyone by announcing his candidacy for the presidency in July 2020, but by then the deadline for submitting nomination forms had passed in several states.
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Kanye West submitted nomination forms in only 12 of the 50 states in the United States between July and mid-October, making him eligible to vote for the presidency in those states only.
Kanye West also had difficulty submitting nomination forms and was accused of submitting fake documents to obtain nomination forms.
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Kanye West cast his ballot in the November 3 polls and released photos and videos of the cast.
KANYE 2024 pic.twitter.com/Zm2pKcn12t
— ye (@kanyewest) November 4, 2020
However, in the Kanye West election, neither the people could get a majority vote nor did they get any electoral college vote.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian shared photos of the November 3 vote on social media — Photo: Reuters / Instagram
Kanye West received a total of 60,000 votes from the states of Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, Utah and Vermont, according to the showbiz website Deadline.
Kanye West also failed to get one percent of the vote in any of the 12 states.
Kanye West received only 60,000 popular votes in the presidential election, but failed to get a single electoral college vote, which is necessary for the presidential election.
It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. His wife, Kim Kardashian, also voted for Kanye West.
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According to the showbiz website Vulcher, Kanye West tweeted on the night of November 4, acknowledging his defeat in the presidential election, but soon deleted the defeat tweet.
According to the report, Kanye West deleted the tweet admitting defeat and replaced it with another tweet in which he wrote 2024 with his picture, which meant that he would also run in the next presidential election.
The singer also hinted at contesting the 2024 elections in her tweet. — File photo: Reuters