While West may have failed to get his name on ballots in all 50 states, the rapper did appear on ballots in 12 states, including Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, and Vermont. The Grammy-winner received a total of more than 57,000 votes on Tuesday, according to a report by
Deadline via the Associated Press.
Here is how the rapper did in each state with vote counts:
Arkansas: 4,040
Colorado: 6,127
Idaho: 3,092
Iowa: 3,197
Kentucky: 6,259
Louisiana: 4,894
Minnesota: 7,654
Mississippi: 3,117
Oklahoma: 5,590
Tennessee: 10,195
Utah: 4,311
Vermont: 1,255
West announced that he was running for president on July 4. Last month, the rapper
called out “racist” liberals during in an interview with Joe Rogan, saying that they regularly condescend to black people by assuming they are unable to make decisions for themselves.
“One of the most racist things that liberals who pride themselves on not being racist have said to me, like, ‘you’re going to split the black vote,'” said West. “That makes it seem like black people can’t make decisions for ourselves.”
Over the summer, West
declared himself pro-life and stated that Planned Parenthood abortion facilities exist in cities on behalf of “white supremacists to do the devil’s work.”