# The Andrew Yang Presidential Campaign thread **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andrew-yang-presidential-campaign-thread/829555 **Category:** Politics & Elections **Created:** [February 14, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andrew-yang-presidential-campaign-thread/829555 "2019-02-14T21:16:10Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 467
### Author: ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo) #### Post date: [September 10, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andrew-yang-presidential-campaign-thread/829555/467 "2019-09-10T23:43:45Z")
> [@ralfy](#): > > [“Andrew Yang’s free $1,000-per-month welfare scheme was tried in Mississippi; the results were not a surprise”](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/andrew-yangs-free-1-000-per-month-welfare-scheme-was-tried-in-mississippi-the-results-were-not-a-surprise) This is not UBI. It does not resemble Andrew Yang’s plan. The original article that this piece in the Washington Examiner came from had “universal basic income” in quotes. It’s not universal. The study gave $1K a month for 6 months to “20 low-income black single mothers living in public housing.” The criticism was that they didn’t use their money wisely in the first couple months. But even in that study, in a few months, there were some positive outcomes from the original article in The Washington Post [here](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/01/month-no-strings-attached/?noredirect=on). > [@](#): > > Soon, Johnson said, the women began sharing small victories. One woman used the extra money to take time off and finish community college. Some sent their children to day camp. One woman filled her gas tank to drive her children to see their grandfather in Pennsylvania. The children had never met him. > > At the end of six months, none of the women reported using an emergency lender. Nearly all said they had enough money to buy school supplies, when fewer than half had said that before. They reported cooking more balanced meals, visiting the doctor and attending church more often. > > “The beauty of all of this has just been how folks are light,” Nyandoro said. “They aren’t walking around with the heaviness of life that, unfortunately, so many times low-income folks have to carry.” Paget Kagy, a Yang Gang youtuber, has a nice analysis of these articles in this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUbzQDlIfws). (at minute 10:35) If anyone is interested in more UBI studies, Yang has many listed on his Yang 2020 site in [The Freedom Dividend defined](https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-freedom-dividend-faq/). And Scott Santens has a wealth of information on his [Reddit sub](https://old.reddit.com/r/ScottSantens/)on the subject. In other news, a new Emerson poll in New Hampshire is showing Yang in 2nd place in [head to heads against Trump](https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1171523083271725057) next to Joe Biden. In that poll, Yang is beating Trump 54/46 next to Biden at 55/45. Warren is losing to Trump 49/51. Nate Silver of 538 talks about the fate of low single digit candidates but makes an exception for Yang, saying that Yang is _sui generis_. [If You’re Polling In The Low Single Digits, You’re Probably Toast](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/if-youre-polling-in-the-low-single-digits-youre-probably-toast/) > [@](#): > > For candidates outside of that group — those polling in the low single digits, or worse — I have less welcome news. I don’t really care which order you place them in, because unless they turn it around soon, they’re probably toast. > > In this article, I’m mostly referring to Cory Booker, Beto O’Rourke, Julian Castro and Amy Klobuchar, who I’ll refer to as the BOCK candidates (Booker/O’Rourke/Castro/Klobuchar) for short. Some of this also applies to candidates (e.g. Michael Bennet) who didn’t make this week’s debate at all, although they’re in even worse shape. I’m not counting Andew Yang as part of this group, however. He’s actually polling slightly better than the BOCKs, despite lower name recognition, and is more of a sui generis case. Trevor Noah on the Daily Show did a [skit](https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1171536035513155585) on Yang, showing his crowdsurfing, his Cupid shuffle and his basketball playing, saying that if Yang wants more media attention, he’s going to need to do more stunts. In 6 months, he’ll have to go full Tom Cruise. Yang responds: > [@](#): > > Don’t worry @Trevornoah, we’ve got something big in store! @TheDailyShow #StayTuned #DemDebate Funny sketch, funny response. But I don’t think Yang is doing any of that for publicity. That’s just Yang being Yang. He was snowsledding with Steve Marchand in New Hampshire and hitting a baseball in batting practice months ago, long before anyone was watching. I’m looking forward to the debate on Thursday Sept. 12, 2019. I think Yang will benefit just being on the stage when people are starting to tune in. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andrew-yang-presidential-campaign-thread/829555)._