2020 US election: will it tip the scales? - US rapper chooses himself

The rapper Kanye West is running for the office of US President.

In purely mathematical terms, he has no chance - why he could still be decisive for the election.

• The

  US rapper Kanye West

  is politically on the same wavelength as

  US President Donald Trump

  .

  The two have already met in the

  White House

  .

• But since July 4, 2020 it has been clear:

  Kanye West

  wants to run himself.

• Here you will find our news about the US election 2020 - and the results of the election.

Washington DC (USA) -

In the

2016

election, Hillary Clinton lost to her then challenger Donald Trump.

And that despite the fact that she got about three million more votes than the then newly elected President Trump.

The outcome in the

decisive for

.

And that

was often narrowly defeated by Trump here - that could also have been due to a completely different candidate.

Jill Stein ran for the Greens in 2016 - with no chance of overall victory, in a country where either the

or the

rule.

But experts still assume that it won important votes from the Democratic candidate Clinton - and thus indirectly contributed to Trump's victory.

Could this be repeated in the same way in 2020?

2020 US election: could an independent third candidate make the difference?

Most polls still see the Democratic candidate

well ahead of

.

But in one important

, the

tide may have turned

in

favor

.

Rapper Kanye West, son of an English professor and husband of TV star

, is considered a supporter of Trump.

But on July 4th,

, he suddenly declared that he would challenge Trump and run as a candidate himself.

Since then he has stated that he felt called by God to the office of President.

And he has already voted - for himself of course:

God is so good 😊 Today I am voting for the first time in my life for the President of the United States, and it's for someone I truly trust ... me.

🇺🇸 🕊

- ye (@kanyewest) November 3, 2020

2020 US election: is Kanye West pulling key voters away from Joe Biden?

Kanye West

can only be elected

on the ballot

in 12

because he only met the conditions for a candidacy in these states.

In all other states, voters must enter their names in their own handwriting.

It goes without saying that he has no chance of becoming the next US president himself.

I voted early for you Mr. West @kanyewest # KANYE2020 pic.twitter.com/8INEixY9AO

- Willie Will (@YungWillieWill) October 28, 2020

But he could

pull

a lot of voters away from

.

Because

is the candidate most African Americans seem to be voting for.

According to election experts, however, many of them could now vote for the rapper West - out of conviction or because they are disappointed by the tussle between the other candidates.

But that would give them, at least indirectly, their vote to Trump.

If it gets tight, Trump can clearly benefit from it.

(kat)