Kanye West has a snowball’s chance in hell to win the presidency, because his first poll numbers suck … but he could definitely play spoiler — question is, for whom?
Redfield & Wilton Strategies — a consulting firm that does polling and market research — released results from a poll it did last week … and when Ye’s included as one of the candidates, he only clocked in at 2%. That’s out of 2,000 people polled.
Granted, the other third-party candidates from the Libertarian and Green Parties aren’t polling much higher than he was either — both also hit the 2% and 1% each, respectively.
Now, here’s the really interesting thing — while you’d think the rapper and producer getting in the race might hurt Joe Biden (that’s how Chance the Rapper and others see it) … it didn’t. In fact, it actually hurt Trump!
National Poll:
Biden 48% (+8)
Trump 40%
Jorgensen (L) 1%
Hawkins (G) 1%When @kanyewest included in the poll:
Biden 48% (+9)
Trump 39%
West 2%
Jorgensen (L) 2%
Hawkins (G) 1%@RedfieldWilton (July 9)— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) July 13, 2020
@PpollingNumbers
According to R&WS, the sitting Prez got dinged, going from 40% to 39% when Kanye is factored into the race. Biden stays firmly in the lead in either scenario, sitting pretty at 48%.
The prevailing thought is Kanye would splinter the Democratic vote — especially young and black voters — and possibly sabotage Biden in the process.
Still, let’s all chill when it comes to polls … especially this early in the campaign. Just ask Hillary Clinton about those 2016 numbers.