Published 10:39 IST, July 16th 2020

Kanye West drops out of US Presidential elections after approximately two weeks

Kanye West, who had earlier said that he will be running for president of the United States, has now quit just two weeks after his announcement. Read ahead.

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Kanye West h earlier anunced through a tweet that he will be taking part in 2020 presidential elections. However, according to a news report by Independent, rapper has dropped out of race w. Kanye West has quit Presidential elections in approximately two weeks of anuncing his bid. A member of Kanye West’s campaign spoke to news portal about this issue and confirmed that Kanye West will longer a part of elections. According to news portal, Kanye West h amassed a group of 180 campaign team, however, rapper has w quit presidential elections.

Kanye West drops out of USA Presidential elections 

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Speaking to news portal, member from Kanye’s campaign confirmed that Kanye is indeed out of presidential race. member continued to say that everything that was planned for campaign has w been cancelled after his retraction from elections. Continuing furr,  member said that he has thing good or b to say about Kanye and he understands his move. However, member did mention that any candidate going up for elections for first time faces such of hiccups on ro. It was reported by news portal that Kanye h previously attempted to get his name in ballot as a third-party candidate.

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During that time, Kanye West was needed to collect 132,781 signatures by Wednesday, 15 July. This was needed in order for him to be eligible to run in Florida.  It was n when Kanye instructed his campaign crew to drive around town and collect signatures. During same day itself, Kanye West was seen registering himself in Wyoming as rapper shared a picture of himself which was later deleted. Soon eugh, reports from US Presidential Poll came up and suggested that Kanye would gain less than two per cent of votes if he were to run against Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Thus rapper has w taken himself out of presidential race and will t be running for president anytime soon, according to a news portal.

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10:39 IST, July 16th 2020