Kanye West voted for the person he trusted most — himself — as an independent write-in presidential candidate from Wyoming where he has been spending much of his time, the hip-hop artist documented in a series of tweets on Tuesday.
“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,” he said earlier in the day in a tweet that garnered more than 141,000 likes.
West later shared a close-up video clip on Twitter feeding his ballot into the voting machine, with “Kanye West” and “Michelle Tidball,” his vice-presidential pick, handwritten under the “Federal Offices” section. The rest of the ballot appeared unfilled.
The first vote of my life We are here to serve We pray for every servant leader in the world ? pic.twitter.com/UWSrKslCt1
— ye (@kanyewest) November 3, 2020
West, once a supporter of Republican president Donald Trump, declared his candidacy on Independence Day. He filed the papers in mid-July, but he missed the deadline to qualify to be on the ballot for all but 12 states. Mississippi, Iowa, Utah, Minnesota, and Arkansas count among those where his name does appear.
In states where his name is not on the ballot, support for West appeared low. He seemed to garner more votes where his name is listed, with early results showing him behind Libertarian Party candidate Jo Jorgensen and the Green Party’s Howie Hawkins. Thousands voted for him in Kentucky, for example, where he was sitting fourth behind Jorgensen.