Kanye West appeals to Republican voters

Republican voters tend to agree with President Trump, when he commented on West's Republican support as a "cultural turning point."With Kanye, entertainment, which for so long has been seen as default liberal, experienced a political shift. The consequence was that Kanye soon became a hero amongst the GOP, who respected Kanye's break from expectations and allegiance to their politics.^[2] Kanye is already a household name, and appeals to conservative instincts. It is only natural that this is where he will find his most active support. As Conservative writer Alec Shears writes in The Independent: "Then there's the base Kanye is appealing to: Republican, evangelical, and deeply supportive of Trump. That's his new target demographic, and he seems to be dragging his old demo along as well. A Kanye West presidency is entirely plausible thanks to the current president. Trump opened the door for more Hollywood tough guy superstars to run for office at any level. When you have a reality star in the Oval Office, a world-famous rapper isn't that much of a stretch."^[3]