Read on Twitter
The late entry of @MikeBloomberg, as well as rumors about @EricHolder, @DevalPatrick, and even @HillaryClinton, are not just about opportunism. They are evidence that among insider analysts, the data is clear:
The three frontrunners are weak as hell.
(thread) #YangGang
The three frontrunners are weak as hell.
(thread) #YangGang
That was already my belief from the behavior of the many single-digit polling candidates who continue to fight it out, as well as @AndrewYang's sincere confidence. Traditional polls are an outdated form of data capture. Firms control proprietary data that tells deeper stories.
Why would @CoryBooker's experienced staff advise their candidate to stay in the race if @JoeBiden is, as the media has pretended, already a lock for the nomination? Note that Booker has stayed steady and kept cards hidden, despite some fundraising gambits to gin up urgency.
Indeed, you can hear Booker make a case that it's anyone's race, from historical precedent, with a Yangian sense of confidence in this Daily Show clip (8:00 min. mark)
Why would @BernieSanders' team be revving up to full speed â dropping ads and endorsements by the dozen âseveral months before the action point, unless they were trying to escape a plateau... or arrest a decline?
Remember, mainstream Dems will have to decide whether they believe that Sanders' health and age, let alone his openly socialist rhetoric, are preferable.
Bluntly: if you don't think those are huge causes for concern about Bernie's viability, you don't know shit about politics.
Bluntly: if you don't think those are huge causes for concern about Bernie's viability, you don't know shit about politics.
From the media narrative, we're expected to believe that Biden, Sanders, and @ewarren are the "only" candidates in the race, that not even the Zuckerberg-backed @PeteButtigieg, who just surged in Iowa, has a chance.
This done-deal narrative can't be the data's story, because experienced politicians are behaving as if they live in a very different, more chaotic drama.
And yet sometimes, there is open acknowledgement of the facts. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/us/politics/democratic-candidates-2020.html
And yet sometimes, there is open acknowledgement of the facts. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/us/politics/democratic-candidates-2020.html
While I'm sure Bloomberg's vanity is a motivating factor for his run, it's hard to argue that the stress of a presidential race â especially one that you're entering at the eleventh hour â is something one takes on lightly. Bloomberg thinks he has a real shot.
Even far less wealthy potential entrants like @DevalPatrick would not consider joining the race if their paid strategists did not believe there was a path.
There is a path. Because this race isn't 2016. It's not even the GOP's '16 shitshow. It is its own beast.
There is a path. Because this race isn't 2016. It's not even the GOP's '16 shitshow. It is its own beast.
American politics have been turned upside-down. Not just by Trump, but by the emergence of technology, including social media and big data. Proprietary data mining is the key to it all. She who controls the data, controls the future.
Yes, @AndrewYang is a scrappy upstart. Yes, he is a candidate driven by passion and ideas. But he is also smart enough to know that a deeper understanding, and application, of the data is the only way to find a path to victory and outwit the crowded, chaotic field.
#YangGang, our path to victory won't be easy. But it is possible. The frontrunners are weak. Voters are checked out, undecided, or open to persuasion. The field of single-digit candidates is full of copycats and uninspiring leaders.
What @AndrewYang needs now, as ever, is our help. They've told us for months that they see a path to win. We are going to be the X factor in this, #YangGang. We have to provide the campaign with the funds and the volunteerism that it needs to peak at the right time.
When I first discovered Yang in early 2018, I thought he was a dream candidate who would never poll greater than 1%. Now, I've never been more confident of our chances to grow and grow and shock the nation â and the world.
Let's do it.
Donate now: http://yang2020.com
Let's do it.
Donate now: http://yang2020.com
