--- title: Kim Kardashian on Kanye West's Presidential Ambitions description: The reality mogul shares her thoughts on the challenges she'd face during a campaign and her husband's potential political affiliation. canonical: https://time.com/4506269/kim-kardashian-on-kanye-for-president/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-23T20:26:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:57.350Z og:title: Kim Kardashian on Kanye West's Presidential Ambitions og:description: She says she's "pretty sure" he'd run as a Democrat og:url: https://time.com/4506269/kim-kardashian-on-kanye-for-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb93c685b56baa699/6988a754bc6cfc2b183deb01/kim-and-kanye.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Harper's BAZAAR Celebrates "ICONS By Carine Roitfeld" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kim Kardashian on Kanye West's Presidential Ambitions twitter:description: She says she's "pretty sure" he'd run as a Democrat twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb93c685b56baa699/6988a754bc6cfc2b183deb01/kim-and-kanye.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kim Kardashian Is 'Pretty Sure' Kanye West Would Run for President as a Democrat  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 23, 2016 8:26 PM CUT  Recording artist, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West attend Harper's BAZAAR Celebrates 'ICONS By Carine Roitfeld' at The Plaza Hotel on September 9, 2016 in New York City. Recording artist, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West attend Harper's BAZAAR Celebrates 'ICONS By Carine Roitfeld' at The Plaza Hotel on September 9, 2016 in New York City.Gilbert Carrasquillo—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 23, 2016 8:26 PM CUT In a new interview with _Wonderland_ magazine, eternal American icon [Kim Kardashian West](http://time.com/4504943/kim-kardashian-on-taylor-swift/?iid=sr-link8 "undefined") mused on her husband Kanye’s potential political ambitions. This time last year, the rapper and designer had mentioned [that he was “definitely” eyeing](http://time.com/4048824/kanye-west-running-for-president/ "undefined") a 2020 presidential bid, but recognized he would need to do “a lot of research” and “growing up” before then. Meanwhile, Kardashian-West shared her feelings on the prospect of a FLOTUS role. “Look at all the awful things they’re doing to Melania \[Trump\], putting up the naked photos,” [Kardashian West told _Wonderland_.](http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2016/09/kim-kardashian-west/ "undefined") “I’ll say to Kanye: ‘Babe, you know the kind of photos they’d put up of me!’” As for Kanye’s political party affiliation were he to run, Kim—whose stepdad Caitlyn Jenner is an [avowed Republican](http://time.com/4414836/republican-convention-caitlyn-jenner/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined")—had this to say: “I don’t wanna put words in his mouth, but I’m pretty sure the Democrats. Maybe independent? I don’t know how serious he is about it. 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