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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|1975-01-13}}) is an American businessman, attorney, lobbyist, and politician.
== Political career ==
{{WikipediaQuote |URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Yang |title=Andrew Yang}}
Yang was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary. He founded the political party and action committee Forward Party in 2021, for which he serves as co-chair alongside former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman.<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Yang announces new Forward party with other centrist groups
|url=https://www.axios.com/2022/07/28/andrew-yang-forward-party-merger
|last=Chen
|first=Shawna
|date=2022-07-27
|accessdate=2022-08-02
}}</ref>
Media outlets described Yang as a dark horse candidate in the 2020 election cycle, going from a relative unknown to a major competitor in the race.<ref name=":0">{{REFweb
|title=Andrew Yang's Campaign Is Not a Joke
|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/andrew-yang-campaign/605056/
|last=Dovere
|first=Edward-Isaac
|date=2020-01-17
|website=The Atlantic
|accessdate=2020-05-21
}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{REFweb
|title=The Surprising Surge of Andrew Yang
|url=https://politi.co/2P8sYjZ
|last=Kruse
|first=Michael
|website=Politico Magazine
|date=2019-08-22
|accessdate=2020-05-21
}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{REFweb
|title=Goodbye To Andrew Yang, 2020's Most Unexpectedly Successful Losing Candidate
|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/goodbye-to-andrew-yang-2020s-most-unexpectedly-successful-losing-candidate/
|last=Bacon
|first=Perry Jr.
|date=2020-02-12
|website=FiveThirtyEight
|accessdate=2020-05-21
}}</ref> Yang qualified for and participated in seven of the first eight 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates. His supporters, colloquially known as the "Yang Gang", included several high-profile public figures and celebrities.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/andrew-yang-consummate-outsider/598288/
|title=Why Andrew Yang Matters
|last=Beinart
|first=Peter
|date=2019-09-20
|website=The Atlantic
|accessdate=2020-02-12
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/right-leaning-voters-support-andrew-yang-2020-1
|title=From 'Trump train' to 'Yang Gang': Meet the conservatives and swing voters who have fallen hard for Andrew Yang
|last=Fisher
|first=Anthony
|date=2020-02-07
|website=Business Insider
|accessdate=2020-02-12
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/opinion/sunday/andrew-yang-2020.html
|title=Did I Just Get Yanged?
|author=Bari Weiss
|date=2020-01-30
|website=The New York Times
|accessdate=2020-02-12
|author-link=Bari Weiss
}}</ref> Yang suspended his campaign on February 11, 2020, shortly after the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/us/politics/andrew-yang-drops-out.html
|title=Andrew Yang Drops Out: 'It Is Clear Tonight From the Numbers That We Are Not Going to Win'
|last=Stevens
|first=Matt
|date=2020-02-11
|website=The New York Times
|accessdate=2020-02-12
}}</ref> Afterward, he joined CNN as a political commentator, announced the creation of the political nonprofit organization Humanity Forward, and unsuccessfully ran for mayor of New York City] in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{REFnews
|last=Stevens
|first=Matt
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/andrew-yang-humanity-first.html
|title=Andrew Yang's Next Move: A New Nonprofit Organization
|date=2020-03-05
|publisher=The New York Times
|accessdate=2020-03-06
}}</ref><ref>{{REFnews
|last=Fitzsimmons
|first=Emma G.
|date=2020-12-11
|title=Is Andrew Yang Running for Mayor? All Signs Point to Yes
|publisher=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/nyregion/andrew-yang-mayor-new-york.html
|accessdate=2020-12-13
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
|title=Andrew Yang Enters Race for Mayor, Proposes Universal Basic Income
|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/01/13/andrew-yang-enters-race-for-mayor--proposes-universal-basic-income-for-new-yorkers
|accessdate=2021-01-14
|website=www.ny1.com
}}</ref><ref name="theguardian.com">{{REFnews
|last1=Gabbatt
|first1=Adam
|title=Andrew Yang drops out of New York mayoral race as Eric Adams leads
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/23/andrew-yang-new-york-mayoral-race-eric-adams
|accessdate=2021-06-23
|date=2021-06-23
}}</ref>
On October 4, 2021, Andrew Yang announced his departure from the Democratic Party (United States) to become an independent politician,<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Breaking Up with the Democratic Party
|url=https://www.andrewyang.com/blog/breaking-up-with-the-democratic-party
|accessdate=2021-10-04
|website=Andrew Yang
}}</ref> faulting what he characterized as a system stuck in increasing polarization and saying that he is "more comfortable trying to fix the system than being a part of it".<ref name=axiosoct4>{{REFnews
|last=Gonzalez
|first=Oriana
|title=Andrew Yang says he officially left the Democratic Party
|website=Axios
|url=https://www.axios.com/andrew-yang-democrat-independent-voting-794f9190-ccdb-4af4-80b5-ec4df7884f88.html
|accessdate=2021-10-04
}}</ref> Later in October 2021, Yang founded the Forward Party (United States), a centrist political party with a stated goal of providing an alternative to the two major U.S. political parties.
== Yang on circumcision of minors ==
Yang is a long-time opponent of circumcision. “Against the practice,” he told a Twitter fan in March 2019 when asked about his stance on “routine infant circumcision?”<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/andrew-yangs-anti-circumcision-stance-cuts-deep-jewish-leaders/
|title=Andrew Yang’s anti-circumcision stance cuts deep: Jewish leaders
|last=Levine
|first=Jon
|date=2021-01-09
|accessdate=2024-04-05
|website=New York Post
}}</ref> Intactivists wonder if this clear position might have increased his political popularity.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Intactivists For Andrew Yang]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwebsite|https://www.andrewyang.com|2024-04-05}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Andrew_Yang|Andrew Yang|2024-04-05}}
{{REF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Andrew}}
[[Category:Person]]
[[Category:Male]]
[[Category:Intactivist]]
[[Category:Politician]]
[[Category:USA]]
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|1975-01-13}}) is an American businessman, attorney, lobbyist, and politician.
== Political career ==
{{WikipediaQuote |URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Yang |title=Andrew Yang}}
Yang was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary. He founded the political party and action committee Forward Party in 2021, for which he serves as co-chair alongside former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman.<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Yang announces new Forward party with other centrist groups
|url=https://www.axios.com/2022/07/28/andrew-yang-forward-party-merger
|last=Chen
|first=Shawna
|date=2022-07-27
|accessdate=2022-08-02
}}</ref>
Media outlets described Yang as a dark horse candidate in the 2020 election cycle, going from a relative unknown to a major competitor in the race.<ref name=":0">{{REFweb
|title=Andrew Yang's Campaign Is Not a Joke
|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/andrew-yang-campaign/605056/
|last=Dovere
|first=Edward-Isaac
|date=2020-01-17
|website=The Atlantic
|accessdate=2020-05-21
}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{REFweb
|title=The Surprising Surge of Andrew Yang
|url=https://politi.co/2P8sYjZ
|last=Kruse
|first=Michael
|website=Politico Magazine
|date=2019-08-22
|accessdate=2020-05-21
}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{REFweb
|title=Goodbye To Andrew Yang, 2020's Most Unexpectedly Successful Losing Candidate
|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/goodbye-to-andrew-yang-2020s-most-unexpectedly-successful-losing-candidate/
|last=Bacon
|first=Perry Jr.
|date=2020-02-12
|website=FiveThirtyEight
|accessdate=2020-05-21
}}</ref> Yang qualified for and participated in seven of the first eight 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates. His supporters, colloquially known as the "Yang Gang", included several high-profile public figures and celebrities.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/andrew-yang-consummate-outsider/598288/
|title=Why Andrew Yang Matters
|last=Beinart
|first=Peter
|date=2019-09-20
|website=The Atlantic
|accessdate=2020-02-12
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/right-leaning-voters-support-andrew-yang-2020-1
|title=From 'Trump train' to 'Yang Gang': Meet the conservatives and swing voters who have fallen hard for Andrew Yang
|last=Fisher
|first=Anthony
|date=2020-02-07
|website=Business Insider
|accessdate=2020-02-12
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/opinion/sunday/andrew-yang-2020.html
|title=Did I Just Get Yanged?
|author=Bari Weiss
|date=2020-01-30
|website=The New York Times
|accessdate=2020-02-12
|author-link=Bari Weiss
}}</ref> Yang suspended his campaign on February 11, 2020, shortly after the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/us/politics/andrew-yang-drops-out.html
|title=Andrew Yang Drops Out: 'It Is Clear Tonight From the Numbers That We Are Not Going to Win'
|last=Stevens
|first=Matt
|date=2020-02-11
|website=The New York Times
|accessdate=2020-02-12
}}</ref> Afterward, he joined CNN as a political commentator, announced the creation of the political nonprofit organization Humanity Forward, and unsuccessfully ran for mayor of New York City] in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{REFnews
|last=Stevens
|first=Matt
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/andrew-yang-humanity-first.html
|title=Andrew Yang's Next Move: A New Nonprofit Organization
|date=2020-03-05
|publisher=The New York Times
|accessdate=2020-03-06
}}</ref><ref>{{REFnews
|last=Fitzsimmons
|first=Emma G.
|date=2020-12-11
|title=Is Andrew Yang Running for Mayor? All Signs Point to Yes
|publisher=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/nyregion/andrew-yang-mayor-new-york.html
|accessdate=2020-12-13
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
|title=Andrew Yang Enters Race for Mayor, Proposes Universal Basic Income
|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/01/13/andrew-yang-enters-race-for-mayor--proposes-universal-basic-income-for-new-yorkers
|accessdate=2021-01-14
|website=www.ny1.com
}}</ref><ref name="theguardian.com">{{REFnews
|last1=Gabbatt
|first1=Adam
|title=Andrew Yang drops out of New York mayoral race as Eric Adams leads
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/23/andrew-yang-new-york-mayoral-race-eric-adams
|accessdate=2021-06-23
|date=2021-06-23
}}</ref>
On October 4, 2021, Andrew Yang announced his departure from the Democratic Party (United States) to become an independent politician,<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Breaking Up with the Democratic Party
|url=https://www.andrewyang.com/blog/breaking-up-with-the-democratic-party
|accessdate=2021-10-04
|website=Andrew Yang
}}</ref> faulting what he characterized as a system stuck in increasing polarization and saying that he is "more comfortable trying to fix the system than being a part of it".<ref name=axiosoct4>{{REFnews
|last=Gonzalez
|first=Oriana
|title=Andrew Yang says he officially left the Democratic Party
|website=Axios
|url=https://www.axios.com/andrew-yang-democrat-independent-voting-794f9190-ccdb-4af4-80b5-ec4df7884f88.html
|accessdate=2021-10-04
}}</ref> Later in October 2021, Yang founded the Forward Party (United States), a centrist political party with a stated goal of providing an alternative to the two major U.S. political parties.
== Yang on circumcision of minors ==
Yang is a long-time opponent of circumcision. “Against the practice,” he told a Twitter fan in March 2019 when asked about his stance on “routine infant circumcision?”<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/andrew-yangs-anti-circumcision-stance-cuts-deep-jewish-leaders/
|title=Andrew Yang’s anti-circumcision stance cuts deep: Jewish leaders
|last=Levine
|first=Jon
|date=2021-01-09
|accessdate=2024-04-05
|website=New York Post
}}</ref> Intactivists wonder if this clear position might have increased his political popularity.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Intactivists For Andrew Yang]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwebsite|https://www.andrewyang.com|2024-04-05}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Andrew_Yang|Andrew Yang|2024-04-05}}
{{REF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Andrew}}
[[Category:Person]]
[[Category:Male]]
[[Category:Intactivist]]
[[Category:Politician]]
[[Category:USA]]