Andrew Yang
Not left, not right, but forward.
10001
US President (potential)
https://www.andrewyang.com/
Twitter: @andrewyang
Andrew Yang (born January 13, 1975) is an American businessman, attorney, lobbyist, and politician. Yang was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary. He is the co-chair of the Forward Party, alongside former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman.
The son of Taiwanese immigrants, Yang was born and raised in New York State. He attended Brown University and Columbia Law School. Yang became a prominent candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. His signature policy was a universal basic income (UBI) of $1,000 a month as a response to job displacement by automation. Yang has been credited with popularizing the idea of universal basic income through his candidacy and activism.
News outlets described Yang as the most surprising candidate of the 2020 election cycle, going from a relative unknown to a major competitor in the race. Yang qualified for and participated in seven of the first eight Democratic debates. His supporters, informally known as the "Yang Gang", included several high-profile celebrities. Yang suspended his campaign on February 11, 2020, shortly after the New Hampshire primary. After his campaign ended, Yang joined CNN as a political commentator, announced the creation of the political nonprofit organization Humanity Forward, and ran in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary. Yang conceded the race shortly after the initial ranked choice votes were released, which placed him fourth.
On October 4, 2021, Andrew Yang announced that he was leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent, faulting what he characterized as a system stuck in increasing polarization and saying that he is "more comfortable trying to fix the system than being a part of it". Later in October 2021, Yang founded the Forward Party – a centrist political action committee and political party.
Ask Me Anything
If you run for president again, will you keep the same extensive platform you ran on before? Especially UBI. THANKS.
Similar Candidates
-
Michael Swanson [Archived]
A better country is possible when we make ourselves heard
61704 US House IL-18 Growing up, Michael learned values from his parents that have stuck with him for a lifetime. From his father, the value of hard work; from his mother, resilience. Living the traveling life of the military family, these valu… -
Liam O'Mara [Archived]
I believe we need to restore the promise of the American Dream with an economic and social bill of rights.
92531 House of Representatives A working class kid and first-generation college student, I am now a history Ph.D. and professor, and a congressional candidate in southwest Riverside County, CA. I am passionate about making government work for people rath… -
Sheridan Lund [Archived]
I am fighting for material political change, not an empty political career.
87109 US Congressional Representative for NM District 1 Sheridan is a Social Capitalist. A graduate of NexGen Academy and CNM. Someone who knows the feeling of scrounging for cash in between paychecks. A man running to end all poverty across our great State! For every New Mexica… -
Erik Storesund [Archived]
We need a new way of doing things, because while we may not be sure if the new ways will work, we can be certain that the old ways definitely wont.
06457 US House of Representatives, Connecticut District 3 WHO I AM Hello, I'm Erik Storesund and I'm running for Congress as an Andrew Yang Democrat for Connecticut's 3rd district, the Greater New Haven area. While I have no prior experience in politics, as I wanted to be a…