Andrew Yang
The photo was originally added to Flickr by Gage Skidmore (https://flickr.com/photos/22007612@N05/48571359796). This image has not been edited.Bio | Andrew Yang is a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, lawyer, and philanthropist. He also founded Venture for America, a nonprofit organization that aims to create jobs in many cities that are in need of it. |
Status and Position | Former Candidate of N/A |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, N/A |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 Presidential Election United States | United States | Yes | Dropped Out | N/A |
Campaign Financing | Yang has expressed strong opposition to the influence of Super PACs in the electoral process. The vast majority of his funding comes from individual donations. |
Voting Rights | Yang supports a number of measures to expand voting rights, including restoring the voting rights of felons, lowering the voting age to 16, and making election day a national holiday. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | Is for the eventual ending of private insurance. Delaney is supportive of proposals for universal healthcare, but would opt for his own plan, coined ‘BetterCare’, over Medicare-for-All. This plan would replace the Affordable Care Act and create a public healthcare option that citizens would be able to opt out of in exchange for a tax credit. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Nuance | Supports the ACA, but believes Medicare-for-All would be even better. |
| Private Healthcare | Against | Is for the eventual ending of private insurance. |
| LGBT Rights | For | Is an advocate for LGBT rights. Yang believes marriage equality is an essential right and that LGBT individuals should be afforded constitutional protections from discrimination. If elected, he would increase funding to educate the public on LGBT issues in order to prevent discrimination and misinformation against LGBT individuals. |
| Taxes | For | Yang is supportive of several measures that would raise tax rates. Yang supports a number of proposals for increased taxation. These include an increased capital gains tax and a new carbon tax. He would also seek to raise corporate tax rates, though still keeping them below the rates that they were before the 2017 GOP tax cuts. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Against | Supports progressive tax rates. Yang supports a number of proposals for increased taxation. These include an increased capital gains tax and a new carbon tax. He would also seek to raise corporate tax rates, though still keeping them below the rates that they were before the 2017 GOP tax cuts. |
| Abortion | For | Supports abortion and other reproductive rights. Has said he does not believe that “male legislators should be weighing in on women’s reproductive rights and freedoms.” Would nominate pro-choice judges if elected. |
| Gun Control | For | Yang supports several gun control methods. Yang would seek to implement a licensing program for gun ownership, as well as expand requirements for background checks and safety training. |
| Assisted Suicide | For | Believes it should be allowed after psychological exam. Yang would seek to implement a licensing program for gun ownership, as well as expand requirements for background checks and safety training. |
| Government Interference | For | Supports measures such as gun control, environmental regulations, and the abolition of private healthcare. |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Believes Planned Parenthood provides essential healthcare services for women. |
| Welfare | For | Yang supports welfare programs and has made it a central component of his campaign. Yang would implement a Universal Basic Income program, which would provide a monthly stipend of $1000 to every American over the age of 18. He would also seek to increase access to affordable housing. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Has not made any public statements on the issue. |
| Death Penalty | Against | Would abolish the death penalty. Yang does not believe that capital punishment contributes productively to the justice system and would seek to see it abolished. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Against | Has spoken against mandatory minimums. |
| Military Spending | Against | Has said he would seek to make US military spending more efficient. |
| War on Terrorism | Against | Supports withdrawing troops from the Middle East. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Would rebuild alliances. Yang has been critical of the Trump Administration's treatment of foreign allies, and would seek to restore the US' relationships with its allies if elected. He would seek to increase US involvement with NATO. |
| United Nations power | For | Supports the UN over all, but believes the US should scale back involvement. |
| Nationalism | Against | Has criticized nationalist sentiments. |
| Free Markets | For | Yang is interested of increasing access to free markets, as he believes they have become too exclusive. Yang believes that his universal basic income program would permit more people to “participate in a free market.” |
| Brexit | Unknown | Has not been vocal on the issue. |
| Affirmative Action | For | Has said that efforts to dismantle affirmative action programs are 'misguided'. |
| Government Spending | For | Supports increasing government spending on social programs. |
| Charter Schools | For | Believes charter schools can serve as an important form of education. |
| Common Core | Against | Yang opposes the Common Core, as he believes it is unproductive in helping students. Yang believes that uniform standards are damaging to students, and thus that Common Core standards should be abolished. |
| Clean Energy | For | Believes the US should increase use of sustainable energy sources. Yang would aim to transition the US to 100% renewable energy use by 2049. |
| Religious Freedom | For | Yang is supportive of religious freedom, but does not believe that religious freedom includes the right to discriminate. Yang is particularly concerned about the use of religious freedom claims to justify discrimination against LGBT individuals. |
| Separation of Church and State | For | Believes there should be separation between church and state. |
| Slavery Reparations | Nuance | Has indicated that he would be open to the idea. |
| Border Control | Nuance | Yang is supportive of border control and is critical of proposals to abolish ICE. Yang would not seek to abolish ICE, but would take steps to hold border control agents accountable for abuse. For example, he would require border control agents to wear body cameras. He would increase funding to increase security on ports of entry. |
| Passenger Profiling | Against | Has spoken out against racial profiling. |
| DACA | For | Would grant citizenship to DREAMers. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Has not been outspoken on the issue. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | Would legalize marijuana at the federal level. |
The photo was originally added to Flickr by Gage Skidmore (https://flickr.com/photos/22007612@N05/48571359796). This image has not been edited.