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(16,846 posts)reaction. I only know who he is because I saw something about him and his trashy wife on television. Some kind of entertainment news. But now that we have Trump in the White House, we have to be careful with these bottomfeeders. You never know when they might start to look good to the voters, whoever they are nowadays. They could intermarry with the Megan and Harry clan and make us an American royal family. No more Constitution, nobody knew what it said, anyway.
Nevilledog
(51,104 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)don't really care enough to think about much.
MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)will eat into the Dem vote because black Americans might vote for him instead of Biden. Not happening is my guess.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)It's getting enough blacks and younger voters to deliver a narrow election to Trump.
Even if Kanye only wins 5% of black votes, it might be enough to throw states like Michigan and Pennsylvania Trump's way.
And even if Kanye wins 10% of the younger vote, it might be enough to throw states like Wisconsin Trump's way.
brush
(53,778 posts)We backed Biden because he of all the Dem candidates can beat trump. West is not and won't be on the radar.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)It won't take a lot, either.
Remember, Hillary lost PA by just 44,292. That's a paltry percentage.
616,672 blacks (estimate based on exit polls) cast a ballot in 2016 in PA.
Of that, Hillary won 92%. Trump won 7%.
7% of 616,672 is 43,167 - just a thousand or so votes off Trump's margin,
If they voted Trump in 2016, they could vote for Kanye in 2020.
brush
(53,778 posts)so-called campaign won't amount to shit. You know he's bi-polar, right? He'll lose interest soon. If he gets on any ballots, get back to us.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Remember, Hillary lost PA by just 44,292. That's a paltry percentage.
616,672 blacks (estimate based on exit polls) cast a ballot in 2016 in PA.
Of that, Hillary won 92%. Trump won 7%.
7% of 616,672 is 43,167 - just a thousand or so votes off Trump's margin,
If they voted Trump in 2016, they could vote for Kanye in 2020 - and all it would take is a thousand or so more to vote to throw the election potentially.
And that doesn't even get into younger voters, who aren't as pragmatic.
brush
(53,778 posts)This is a transparent, silly attempt to siphon off votes. We aren't that stupid.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)I didn't know you had the authority to speak to every single voter out there.
Clearly America is stupid because we just elected Trump four years ago.
7% of blacks crossed over in PA in 2016 to vote for Trump.
Nearly the entire margin of votes that Hillary lost the state by.
Beyond that, blacks made up 13% of the vote in PA in 2012 and 10% in 2016 - a decrease of three-percent. Had those three-percent voted, Hillary wins the state.
It's not about what you think - it's about what a few hundred per precinct think.
And you keep ignoring younger voters, who very well could cross over at a higher rate than blacks and hurt Biden in states like Wisconsin and Arizona, two states with huge college-aged voting populations.
brush
(53,778 posts)primaries and waited to back Biden in South Carolina and other states from then on.
No one is foolish enough vote for West. He'll be off his meds soon and forget about this all together. He is of no import.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Probably will jump on he Kanye bandwagon...
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,804 posts)writes3000
(4,734 posts)betsuni
(25,519 posts)Especially in swing states.
Susan Bordo: "Among the most unjust consequences of ... branding Clinton as an establishment tool was the effect on young African Americans. Their parents, particularly their mothers -- were virtually solid in their support for Clinton ... . .... But for many millennials, both black and white, "1994 Crime Bill" and "super-predator" said all one needed to know about Clinton. Some spoke as though she was personally responsible for the spike in mass incarceration that was a consequence of her husband's bill."
This was nipped in the bud this time.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)And that's a real problem with Kanya in the race.
it's all moot, tho, because I don't think he's actually running. But if he were to get on the ballot in some states? Yeah, I think it'd hurt Biden.
betsuni
(25,519 posts)Eight years of a Republican administration that made a disaster of the economy, Iraq War, torture, surveillance of Americans -- the Republican Party was deeply unpopular. Of course Obama had a lot of enthusiasm. The media didn't attack him constantly. Republicans didn't really put up a fight, they knew they'd lose. He didn't have pseudo-leftists attacking him until after he was elected.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)And if you're planning on voting for Kanye you probably weren't showing up otherwise.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Now the maga batshits have their choice of two bonkers idiots. Pretty slick job there, geniuses.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)quickesst
(6,280 posts)Perfect! 😁👍