TORONTO -- 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.
鈥淭oday I am voting for the first time in my life for the President of the United States, and it鈥檚 for someone I truly trust...me,鈥 he said earlier in the day 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 鈥淜anye West鈥 and 鈥淢ichelle Tidball,鈥 his vice-presidential pick, handwritten under the 鈥淔ederal Offices鈥 section. The rest of the ballot .
His VP choice, Tidball, has been by Vanity Fair as a Wyoming-based 鈥渂iblical life coach.鈥
Wearing a bright blue hoodie and black pants, West also posted photos of himself at a and with an 鈥淚 voted鈥 sticker on his shirt.
West, once a supporter of Republican president Donald Trump, declared his candidacy on Independence Day. He filed the papers in mid-July, but he to qualify to be on the ballot for all but 12 states. , 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鈥檚 Howie Hawkins. Thousands voted for him in Kentucky, for example, where he was sitting fourth behind Jorgensen.
Meanwhile, West鈥檚 wife, Kim Kardashian West, lit up social media earlier in the day when users noticed that she liked a tweet by Kid Cudi that said, 鈥淰ote for Biden if you a real one鈥 and another tweet by Kamala Harris, Democratic candidate Joe Biden鈥檚 vice presidential choice.
鈥淜im didn鈥檛 even vote for Kanye,鈥 one user tweeted with a crying emoji.
