Andrew Yang during the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa, August 10, 2019
Posted on 08/29/2019 8:33:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand dropped out of the Democratic presidential race yesterday evening after failing to qualify for the third round of primary debates, slated for September 12. Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang, meanwhile, will be one of ten Democrats on stage in Houston next month.
To qualify for the debate, candidates had to hit 2 percent in at least four public-opinion polls and secure 130,000 unique donors. Among the others not to reach the threshold for September were Colorado senator Michael Bennet, Hawaii representative Tulsi Gabbard, and Montana governor Steve Bullock.
While Yang managed to snag a spot in the lineup, his fellow non-politician Marianne Williamson failed to do so. As of Wednesday, the author and self-help guru still needed to reach 2 percent in three more polls in order to qualify. She already met the donor requirement.
Yang’s star has slowly been rising throughout the primary, going from little support to speak of in April to hovering around 3 percent in most polls this month. Though he had a rocky first debate, he was widely considered to have done well in the second round, standing out from the seasoned politicians on stage with his focus on policy solutions, specifically his universal-basic-income proposal.
His bid is still a long shot, of course, but it’s notable that he has been able to gain enough traction to consistently poll ahead of politicians like New Jersey senator Cory Booker and former congressman Beto O’Rourke — along with making the third debate ahead of sitting Democratic politicians. Perhaps his steady success is a sign that his no-nonsense approach is appealing to Americans sick of politicians’ double-speak, as well as to Democratic voters looking for a somewhat moderate option in a sea of progressive candidates.
As of now, and absent any surprise polling in the next two weeks, Yang will be joined on stage in September by Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Amy Klobuchar, and Beto O’Rourke.
College students like him.
I knew they would find a way to dump Tom Steyer - they want his money but not him...
RE: College students like him
Why not? He wants to give everyone $1,000 a month as a UNIVERSAL INCOME.
Heck, even Warren Buffet qualifies by his plan.
The DNC is for sale. Give them enough money and they’ll find a way. Dumb candidates don’t get it.
Whack job environmental nutcase........
Whack job environmental nutcase........
Because moderates are being purged from the Democrat Party.
Tulsi Gabbard in particular is going to be drummed out with dishonor for kneecapping Kalama Harris. She’ll either become a Republican or get out of politics.
Because he isn't quite as stupid as Booker & Beto?
Sure he’s nuts. I was just stating a fact: college students like him. I hear about this stuff: I have three children in college and one looking.
You think AOC and Bernie Sanders are radical ?
Get a load of Andrew Yang’s plan:
SOURCE: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/8/26/20833263/andrew-yang-climate-plan
(EXCERPT)
Yang commits to an aggressive timeline for abandoning fossil fuels: a zero-emissions requirement for all new cars by 2030, a 100 percent renewable electric grid by 2035 (it’s not clear if he considers nuclear a “renewable”), net-zero emissions from transportation by 2040, and net-zero emissions overall by 2049 (there could still be some emissions then, but they’d have to be offset by carbon-negative actions).
He would set a carbon tax of $40 per ton, rising gradually to $100 per ton, including a fee on imports from countries without similar carbon taxes.
He pledges $4.87 trillion in climate-related spending over 20 years, though “climate-related” is a bit of a loose term; $400 billion of that total comes in the form of publicly financed campaign donation vouchers that citizens can use to “wash out the influence of lobbyists” for oil, gas, and coal companies, presumably by donating to the campaigns of supporters of aggressive climate action.
He would end all leases for fossil fuel extraction on federal lands.
I'm annoyed by this. I hope super-old, super-white, super-dumb Joe Biden takes out side-piece Kamala.
How Does this Businessman Poll Ahead of Booker & Beto?
ANSWER- The respondents to the poll have already formed an opinion about Booker and Beto.
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A car could be powered by a thorium or PB reactor...........
1% vs. 0%? Who really cares about the nuance between far-left also-ran A and far-left also-ran B?
Gabbard is one of ‘em that makes you wonder why they ever got into politics in the first place...
Let’s state the obvious. Yang is Asian and the Dems want as diverse a group (visually not ideologically) of Presidential candidates as possible.
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