Kanye West's independent bid for the presidency is officially over, according to a report in New York Magazine. Steve Kramer, a political operative hired by West to kick-start his campaign, told the magazine last Thursday that West had made the decision to withdraw: "He's out," Kramer said about an hour before West tweeted a get-out-the-vote video.
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He did not file any papers needed to run for president, missed the filing deadline to appear on the ballot in several electorally crucial states, and the first poll to include his name on the 2020 ballot had him at 2%.
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