shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
Yang rises a little bit earlier ahead of history. Most Americans don't know who he is, or even ignore him. That doesn't matter to me. There will be an Asian POTUS eventually. 1/7/2020 1:42:42 PM |
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1/13/2020 11:45:51 AM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
https://www.reddit.com/r/YangForPresidentHQ/comments/ehje57/upvote_so_that_the_yang_campaign_updates_their/ https://www.reddit.com/r/YangForPresidentHQ/comments/emt50k/upvote_again_so_that_the_yang_campaign_updates/
reading the comments even yang supporters are confused 1/13/2020 11:59:56 AM |
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Dave Chappelle endorses Yang, and will campaign for him in SC. 1/14/2020 3:10:08 PM |
Geppetto All American 2157 Posts user info edit post |
I'm not convinced Chappelle's endorsement is enough to carry him to the top of the primary for that state. I'm not convinced it would have done so in 2003. 1/14/2020 7:01:09 PM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
#AmericaNeedsAndrewYang
1/15/2020 10:21:40 AM |
Exiled Eyes up here ^^ 5918 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, but...if Yang wasn't of Asian descent would you be voting for him? 1/15/2020 11:00:04 AM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
I dunno. There's no IF. Same as most of blacks voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012. This is by default of the campaign team. 1/15/2020 11:37:53 AM |
Bullet All American 28417 Posts user info edit post |
hey yoda, most black voters vote for democrats 1/15/2020 12:03:35 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bnvw/exclusive-poll-just-as-many-african-americans-say-theyd-consider-voting-for-bernie-sanders-as-joe-biden 1/15/2020 12:06:59 PM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
I assume they will definitely vote for Booker if he didn't drop. 1/15/2020 12:13:53 PM |
Geppetto All American 2157 Posts user info edit post |
I'm going to assume you're kidding. Many within the african american community did not like Booker. 1/15/2020 12:50:24 PM |
Bullet All American 28417 Posts user info edit post |
(he's not) 1/15/2020 12:52:40 PM |
LaserSoup All American 5503 Posts user info edit post |
Yang is too much a fruitcake...and FFS, the whipped cream incident was the cherry on the shit sundae. 1/15/2020 10:24:38 PM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
On Late night with Stephen Colbert again last night. He's still there. 1/16/2020 9:41:13 AM |
rwoody Save TWW 37695 Posts user info edit post |
Weird, people usually leave once the show ends 1/16/2020 9:52:15 AM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
He doesn't disappear because he didn't make to the last debate. He's still running. He's Yanging in there. 1/16/2020 10:05:42 AM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
will he run for congress shoot? 1/16/2020 10:25:12 AM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
He will join the cabinet of the nominee and together solve problems of this country facing if he doesn't win the race. That's what he said last night to the audience. 1/16/2020 10:29:28 AM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
has he been offered a cabinet position by someone? 1/16/2020 11:10:49 AM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
I'm not sure. I don't think they will announce the cabinet name list to the public until they move Trump out of the office. Except the VP pick, as VP is gonna debate with Pence. 1/16/2020 11:16:35 AM |
dmspack oh we back 25536 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " He's Yanging in there." |
1/16/2020 12:04:13 PM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
Yanging and Banging. 1/16/2020 2:42:50 PM |
qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
pretty good week!
NY Times editorial board primary endorsement interview transcript released
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/15/opinion/andrew-yang-nytimes-interview.html
Same for The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/17/washington-post-editorial-board-interviews-2020-candidate-andrew-yang
Appeared on The Late Show with Colbert
Also on the season premiere of Bill Maher's show
And of course Dave Chappelle made his endorsement official and is doing a few fundraising shows in SC at the end of the month
Wasn't one of the debate participants this week (despite polling higher than both Klobuchar and Steyer) but that's ok we still trended globally during the debate, raised $2M and are holding multiple events daily with overflow attendance as Yang continues to speak directly to the American people not about typical DC drama but about the real problems our country is facing.
As the field shrinks, name recognition and favorability continue to increase and the #YangMediaBlackout is even starting to ease a little bit perhaps?
The biggest obstacle at this point is perceived electability in the minds of Democratic voters vs the more well-known names.
People consistently say that they like Yang and appreciate his non-ideological, ego-less approach and the authentic, positive mindset his campaign brings. Right now we're still in this phase:
But very few people who support Yang end up changing their minds, as illustrated by this great video from a non-political YouTuber with 500k subscribers
The data continues to show that of all the Dem candidates, Yang has the best odds to win vs Trump.
Don't Dems want to nominate the candidate that appeals to the most Americans and therefore has the best chance to beat Trump? Every other candidate has at least one significant flaw working against them. The biggest thing working against Yang is that he hasn't worked in government before and wasn't a household name until recently. But people generally don't like or trust politicians, so this actually kinda works in his favor. Plus, the national non-profit he founded and ran for 7 years is more akin to what people wish public service looked like anyways.
So today begins a 17-day bus tour of Iowa, where volunteers have already made hundreds of thousands of calls in the past week and hundreds more volunteers from all over the country have come to Iowa to canvass and talk to voters directly. The great thing about Iowa is it's the perfect place to counter the forces that have worked against us. Reaching voters directly instead of relying on gatekeepers in the media, DNC and polling organizations. And the caucus system helps counter the "I like Yang but I don't think he can win" dynamic. Similar to ranked-choice voting (which Yang proposes at a national level) caucus participants get to cast their vote, but if their first choice candidate (hopefully Yang) doesn't reach a 15% level of support, the voter gets to cast their vote again for their second choice candidate. Iowa is also this year releasing the first, second and final tally totals, so we'll see very clearly if Yang has more support than the polls have been showing. And by exceeding expectations in Iowa we'll demonstrate the viability that people question, build momentum going into New Hampshire where we're already doing well, and onward to NV, SC and then the Super Tuesday states (including North Carolina) on March 3.
Still a lot of work to do and ground to make up, but if the early states go well, the next few months are gonna be very exciting. ] 1/18/2020 5:29:30 PM |
BubbleBobble Super Duper Veteran 114363 Posts user info edit post |
I like Yang, but he can't possibly win bc the people with the most money win these days :3 1/18/2020 6:50:33 PM |
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Clinton outspent Trump nearly 2:1 1/18/2020 7:01:16 PM |
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1/18/2020 7:41:05 PM |
Crede All American 7339 Posts user info edit post |
Yang was great on Real Time last night. To me, anyway, he seems to have really been learning/been coached on his public persona. He seemed very reasonable. 1/18/2020 8:26:24 PM |
bcvaugha All American 2587 Posts user info edit post |
wonder if he'll get a bump from his wife's press here lately. personally i'd probably be in jail after what happened to her. 1/19/2020 7:14:40 AM |
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Quote : | ""I'm lending my support to Andrew in Iowa, hopefully to help him get past the early primaries & remind us not to take ourselves too seriously. We need that this year. We need to lighten up on a personal level, because the moment is so serious on a political level," Williamson wrote in a series of Instagram posts." |
1/23/2020 2:03:42 PM |
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looking good!
1/23/2020 9:35:42 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
shoot explain this
Quote : | "Political Polls @PpollingNumbers Among Asian College Students: Sanders 39% Yang 29% Warren 19% Biden 6% Buttigieg 4%" |
https://www.chegg.com/press/college-election-tracker/1/24/2020 8:45:06 AM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
I dunno. It seems like Sanders is more popular for college students than Yang. He distracts their attentions. 1/24/2020 9:05:19 AM |
qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
Yang just picked up a 7% ABC/WaPo national poll, 5% FoxNews national poll, 5% NBC News/Marist NH poll, and a 5% CNN NH poll means we're qualified for the February 7 debate
as Warren and Buttigieg have had their moments to surge and now are falling, the dominant choices are Biden and Bernie.
for people who aren't 100% convinced by those two options, they'll now start looking downballot again. They'll see Bloomberg (who has the lowest favorability ratings in the Dem field), Klobuchar and Yang (who has the highest favorability ratings in the general population).
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1/27/2020 10:18:30 AM |
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Morning Consult poll released this morning now has Yang at 8% in the early states. 1/28/2020 9:19:55 AM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
The new TV ad is far better than ever before. 1/28/2020 10:04:01 AM |
qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
we've put out a few in the last week
1/28/2020 11:19:59 AM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
He's a multi-millionaire already, on the way to billionaire level. 1/28/2020 11:39:53 AM |
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Yang won the Iowa Youth Straw Poll with 22.7% of the vote
https://sos.iowa.gov/youth/poll/results.aspx 1/28/2020 7:03:25 PM |
LaserSoup All American 5503 Posts user info edit post |
LMAO, thought his wife was a tranny. 1/28/2020 8:26:54 PM |
qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
Interview with Chappelle tonight
1/28/2020 11:59:40 PM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
Boss sent me a bump sticker yesterday. Honored to be a member of Yang Gang which has had a history of 1000 years-----The so-called The Generals of the Yang Family. 1/29/2020 11:03:09 AM |
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https://twitter.com/iastartingline/status/1222347342931746821?s=21
Quote : | "You take a poll in Dayton and say what would you rather have, $12,000 a year or health insurance? Everyone’s taking the money. Health insurance is great, but groceries are necessary too." |
1/29/2020 11:17:40 AM |
qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
Given the choice between having only one thing vs only one other thing, I do believe his claim that most people in Dayton, and probably most people generally, would rather have a guaranteed extra $1000/month. Good thing we can do more than one thing at a time. 1/29/2020 3:08:11 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
Yang told his supporters to vote for Bernie when he drops out 1/29/2020 3:59:45 PM |
shoot All American 7611 Posts user info edit post |
I think Bernie will drop out before him. Who knows? 1/29/2020 4:04:49 PM |
qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
I've said it before, but smears, misrepresentations and lies are probably not a good way to convince supporters of any candidate to make your preferred candidate their second choice.
[Edited on January 29, 2020 at 4:23 PM. Reason : but keep pushing people away from Bernie...] 1/29/2020 4:22:51 PM |
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sMeArS https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/480543-yang-says-it-wouldnt-be-surprising-if-many-of-his-supporters-back 1/29/2020 4:39:20 PM |
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Quote : | "Yang told his supporters to vote for Bernie" |
is not the same as
Quote : | "I think that Bernie and I do have a lot of overlap in support so it wouldn’t be surprising to me if many of our supporters head in that direction" |
Quote : | "Yang said he isn’t inclined to instruct supporters how to vote after the first round of voting, because, “I frankly think I’d have a hard time getting them to do anything that they’re not naturally inclined to do"" |
the alternating caps thing is wonderful. the respect it demonstrates really makes me excited to consider your point of view.
[Edited on January 29, 2020 at 4:49 PM. Reason : .]1/29/2020 4:47:29 PM |