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American rapper and fashion designer Kanye West, who announced his intention to run for President of the United States, you may face several obstacles. About it writes Reuters.

Noted, the West will have to work quickly to ensure that his name appeared on the ballot along with the names of other candidates for the presidency, the incumbent leader, Donald trump, and the most likely democratic nominee Joe Biden.

As explained by political scientist James McCann, the rapper has two options. The first is to enlist the support of a small political party. Another option could be the nomination as an independent candidate, but in some States, the registration time has expired. In addition, the West needs to hire a staff of volunteers to collect signatures in their support, but time is also left a bit — period of the registration expires in August-September. Besides, this task is complicated by the pandemic of coronavirus.

The Director of the policy Center of the University of Virginia’s Larry Sabato said that even after a severe electoral campaign, the result of Kanye West at the elections is unlikely to exceed a few percent of the votes, the gap between trump and Biden will still be great.

According to the editor of the publication Inside Elections conducting the analysis of election campaigns, Kanye West or anyone else has “lost its window of opportunity” to have some influence on the course of the presidential race.

Previously, the rapper said that makes his candidacy for President of the United States. His intention was approved by the head of the company SpaceX Elon Musk. He said that a musician could count on his full support.

The intention of the rapper Kanye West to become President of the United States may play into the hands of the incumbent Donald Trump, said a member of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Elena Panina. She believes that the real chances of being elected is only trump and his main opponent — the representative of the Democratic party Joe Biden.

The election of the 46th President of the USA is scheduled for 3 November 2020.