Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, is a candidate for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination. Yang, who is the only 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to appear on Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro’s “Sunday Special” podcast series (video below), is one of the more heterodox candidates in the present 2020 Democratic field. Yang’s proclaimed public policy stances often mirror those in many of his more traditional competitors’ platforms, but his campaign’s signature policy is a universal basic income proposal — which Yang calls a “Freedom Dividend” — whereby every American receives $1,000 a month. His campaign is thematically centered around his entrepreneur background and is focused on restoring, as Yang sees it, the American dream. According to recent 2020 Democratic presidential polling, Yang polls at 0-3% support.
Yang, who would become the first Asian-American nominee for a major American political party if successfully nominated, lives in New York City with his wife Evelyn and their two children. His parents are Taiwanese immigrants.
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