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{{Infobox U.S. federal election campaign|campaign=[[2020 United States presidential election]] ([[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|Democratic Party primaries]])|candidate='''[[Andrew Yang (entrepreneur)|Andrew Yang]]'''<br/>|logo=File:Andrew_Yang_2020_logo.svg|status=Announced November 6, 2017<br>Suspended February 11, 2020|cand_id=|affiliation=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]|headquarters=[[New York, NY]]|key_people=|receipts=|slogan="Humanity First"|homepage={{URL|https://www.yang2020.com/
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The 2020 presidential campaign of businessman [[Andrew Yang]] began when he announced his candidacy one day before the 2017 elections, on November 6, 2017.
People thought Yang had no chance of winning, because his campaign was so unusual.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nhpr.org/post/nh-family-receive-1000-month-presidential-candidate-running-universal-basic-income#stream/0|title=N.H. Family To Receive $1,000 A Month From Presidential Candidate Running On Universal Basic Income|last=Garrova|first=Robert|date=January 7, 2019|work=New Hampshire Public Radio|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> Yang was the first Asian-American man to run for president as a Democrat. If he was elected, he would have become the first Asian-American to become president.
He would have also been the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|third-youngest president]] on inauguration day at age 46 after [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[John F. Kennedy]].
Yang wanted a [[Basic income|universal basic income]] of $1000 per month for all adult citizens to make up for the lowering number of low-wage jobs due to [[automation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-ubi/|title=What is UBI?|website=Andrew Yang for President|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-14|archive-date=2019-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116060438/https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-ubi/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/31/entrepreneur-democratic-hopeful-andrew-yang-campai/|title=Entrepreneur, Democratic hopeful Andrew Yang campaigns on universal basic income|last=http://www.washingtontimes.com|first=The Washington Times|website=The Washington Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/424766-universal-basic-income-is-the-solution-to-a-worsening-problem|title=Universal basic income is the solution to a worsening problem|last=Weatherhead|first=Timothy|date=2019-01-11|website=TheHill|language=en|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref>
On February 11, 2020, Yang announced that he would end his campaign after losing the [[New Hampshire]] primaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/02/11/andrew-yang-ends-his-campaign-presidency/2011104001/|title=Andrew Yang ends his campaign for presidency|publisher=[[USA Today]]|date=February 11, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:2020 United States presidential campaigns|Yang]]
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The 2020 presidential campaign of businessman [[Andrew Yang]] began when he announced his candidacy one day before the 2017 elections, on November 6, 2017.
People thought Yang had no chance of winning, because his campaign was so unusual.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nhpr.org/post/nh-family-receive-1000-month-presidential-candidate-running-universal-basic-income#stream/0|title=N.H. Family To Receive $1,000 A Month From Presidential Candidate Running On Universal Basic Income|last=Garrova|first=Robert|date=January 7, 2019|work=New Hampshire Public Radio|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> Yang was the first Asian-American man to run for president as a Democrat. If he was elected, he would have become the first Asian-American to become president.
He would have also been the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|third-youngest president]] on inauguration day at age 46 after [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[John F. Kennedy]].
Yang wanted a [[Basic income|universal basic income]] of $1000 per month for all adult citizens to make up for the lowering number of low-wage jobs due to [[automation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-ubi/|title=What is UBI?|website=Andrew Yang for President|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-14|archive-date=2019-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116060438/https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-ubi/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/31/entrepreneur-democratic-hopeful-andrew-yang-campai/|title=Entrepreneur, Democratic hopeful Andrew Yang campaigns on universal basic income|last=http://www.washingtontimes.com|first=The Washington Times|website=The Washington Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/424766-universal-basic-income-is-the-solution-to-a-worsening-problem|title=Universal basic income is the solution to a worsening problem|last=Weatherhead|first=Timothy|date=2019-01-11|website=TheHill|language=en|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref>
On February 11, 2020, Yang announced that he would end his campaign after losing the [[New Hampshire]] primaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/02/11/andrew-yang-ends-his-campaign-presidency/2011104001/|title=Andrew Yang ends his campaign for presidency|publisher=[[USA Today]]|date=February 11, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:2020 United States presidential campaigns|Yang]]
{{Multistub|politics|US}}