The Daily Beast has published an article showing that Republican Party consultants were behind Kanye West’s independent presidential candidacy in 2020. The article quotes Common Cause officer Paul Seamus Ryan as saying, “It’s no secret that Kanye West’s candidacy would have a spoiler effect, siphoning votes from Democrat Joe Biden.”
Actually, the election returns show that voters who voted for Kanye West would probably have voted for Donald Trump if West had not been running. West’s best state was Utah. His best county was Houston County, Tennessee, an overwhelmingly white county.
For more detail on the Kanye West vote, see this blog post from Ballot Access News from December 2020.
An interesting case for ranked choice voting.
Don’t suppose that you know how 3rd party voters will transfer their votes.
Has anyone studied how the endorsement of the Revolutionary American Communist Party helped Biden?
I briefly gathered petition signatures to place Kanye West on the ballot in a couple of states. It paid a high rate but was not easy to get signed. Most people knew who he was, and did not take him seriously as a candidate. I actually found more resistance from black people than from white people on the petition (on average). Even most people who like Kanye’s music and/or clothing company did not think he should have run.
Bethany,
I think it’s safe to say that the Chinese Communist Party was a lot more instrumental in Biden’s “win.”
NO shortage of puppet morons as candidates for Prez.
It’s clear that Trump supporters gave him material support, hoping he’d take votes from Biden, but as Richard shows, it does not look like that worked out as they hoped.
I think he should run again. Anything is better than Biden or Harris or Buttiface. I don’t know if American can stand three more years of Biden or Harris.
If you mean Trump, I agree.
https://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/election-and-voting-information/
2020 Results — Prez only
note NC Trump plurality only
Biden & chicoms cheated!