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The 2020 presidential campaign of Andrew Yang, an attorney, entrepreneur, and the founder of Venture for America, began on November 6, 2017, when Yang filed with the Federal Election Commission to participate in the Democratic primaries.
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Yang was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary. He founded the political party and action committee Forward Party in 2021, for which he serves as co-chair alongside former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman.
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Oct 11, 2019 · He's Andrew Yang, and despite having a near non-existent national profile entering the race, his presidential dream is still alive nearly two years after it officially began.
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- Economy: Create A Universal Basic Income.
- Health Care: Medicare For all.
- Immigration: A Pathway to Citizenship For Undocumented immigrants.
- Social Issues: Pro-Choice and Supports LGBTQ Rights.
Yang’s campaign is centered on “The Freedom Dividend,” his plan to pay every American — starting at age 18, and regardless of employment — $1,000 per month. He arguesthe dividend is needed to boost workers losing jobs to automation and other technological change. Yang has said he would pay for this form of universal basic income “by consolidating s...
Yang has called the Affordable Care Act a good first step but believes the law didn’t do enough to reform the nation’s health care system. He would shift the country toward a single-payer system, with a focus on salaried physicians and holistic medicine. The entrepreneur’s health care platform also focuses on mental health. He has proposed funding ...
Yang would create a new “tier of long-term permanent residency” that would allow immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to attain citizenship in 18 years. If they register for the new tier, undocumented immigrants would be able to work and live in U.S., while they wait to become citizens, so long as they pay taxes and are not convicted of a felon...
Yang sayshe supports a woman’s right to choose, and would nominate judges who share the same opinion. Yang would support legislation protecting people from discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. He also would nominate LGBTQ individuals to serve in high-level jobs in his administration.
Oct 3, 2021 · Andrew Yang is a former Democratic presidential candidate. He is the author of Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy, from which this is excerpted.
Dec 17, 2023 · After running for president and mayor of New York City, Andrew Yang these days is spending less time considering his own political future and instead is devoting his energies to buck the bi-party electoral system as co-chair of the Forward Party.
Oct 4, 2021 · Andrew Yang, the former long-shot presidential candidate and onetime technology entrepreneur, announced on Monday that he had left the Democratic Party and become an independent.
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