Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

25,000 more people have started following @Fwd_Party in the last 21 days! People have been waiting for this for a long time. 😀⬆️🇺🇸 https://t.co/50F59GqQRM — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

RT @heywillconway: 350,000 local offices (and 85% of congress) go uncontested or barely contested every cycle. This is not a democracy. I… — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

Even if the same people/parties win but their incentives are better and more rational that’s a win. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

The current system is uniquely poorly designed to resist authoritarianism. In a two-party system there’s no way out if one party goes dark. The best way out is to upgrade the design. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

Duverger’s Law is one reason I’m for the Fair Representation Act and multi-member districts as well as #RankedChoiceVoting. In the meantime there’s still a lot that can be done in the 70% of the 500,000+ races that are uncompetitive across the country. ⬆️🇺🇸 — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

Liz Cheney is going to be a problem for Trump through 2024. 👍🇺🇸 https://t.co/td78UQHVe6 — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

Non-partisan open primaries plus #RankedChoiceVoting (“Final Five Voting”) would give us a real chance to improve incentives and make genuine progress. Imagine freeing up lawmakers to pursue the public good. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

58 percent of voters believe our democracy needs “major reforms” or “a complete overhaul.” Also credits Alaska’s non-partisan open primary system for Lisa Murkowski making it through the primary despite voting to impeach Trump. The system you use is key. https://t.co/uUyjHVqCI9 — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

One big idea of longtermism - think of all the people down the road, who may not exist yet, who will be impacted by a decision. The impact adds up quickly. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

Short-term thinking is holding us back. Many of these problems are a terrible fit for business because of the time frames. And some are too big for philanthropy. That leaves government. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

One I think about is an asteroid hurtling toward Earth. Very low probability high consequence. Would I want government investing in space telescopes to better inventory objects? Yes because the time frame is very long. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

There are a range of low-probability-in-each-period but high-consequence events that ideally government would be investing in preparation for. Think pandemics or bad AI. But our government isn’t operating like that unfortunately. Hopefully we can change that. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

Met the author tonight - excited to dig into “What We Owe the Future” about longtermism and effective altruism. Many will come after us - what kind of world will they inherit? We owe them as good as we can muster. https://t.co/3JzwctGWPp — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

Do you play their game or change it? How is playing their game working out for you? Poorly. For everyone. https://t.co/7kmGQViZ7P — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

The fact is whatever policy you want the odds are this system will not deliver. And when you wonder why not, they will just shrug and point at the other party and ask you for a donation. The system is sick and needs a genuine popular movement across groups to change. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

Policy? The Republican Party doesn’t have a platform and the Democrats have one they pretend about but don’t intend to actually implement. The Forward Party will bring people of diverse beliefs together to build common ground based on what people want and what works. You too. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

I say Knicks. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

Who will Donovan Mitchell be playing for on NBA Opening Night? 🏀 — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

Why would you let 2 minority parties control how people get elected and what comes after? https://t.co/WPYL3fvF9W — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

There are closed primaries (only your party generally days/weeks/months in advance). There are open primaries (you can switch parties and switch back, hassle). Then there are non-partisan open primaries (e.g. Alaska, anyone vote for anyone). The goal is the third. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

@JonMunitz It’s an open party primary (change registration) which is different than a non-partisan open primary (no party registration necessary, e.g. Alaska). I was actually referring to the closed primaries generally there (e.g. other states and 2024) but I get the confusion. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

@arlenparsa There is a difference between an open partisan primary (Wyoming) and a non-partisan open primary (Alaska) where you truly get to vote for whomever you want without registering. I know, it’s confusing. But feel free to look it up. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

This is the political map - and you need people from several or most every category to get it done. https://t.co/QxcjI1VrV8 https://t.co/o5FLkmasE4 — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

You know what’s not very smart? “Oh this person likes it so I can’t.” Maybe it’s okay for everyone to support something because it makes sense to everyone, perhaps for slightly different reasons. Does it make sense to you? Think for yourself. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

The #ForwardParty went from idea to the 3rd biggest political party in the country by resources in less than a year - and we are growing by leaps and bounds every day. We have chapters in every state. Want to help build it? We’d love your help! https://t.co/3DBPcXfb1Y — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

“The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small.” - Mother Teresa — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

Or feel free to keep doing what you’re doing. Maybe it will work. All evidence and recent experience notwithstanding. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

What do you want to see? After you figure out the obstacles (billions in cash, political incentives, the media, a system that advantages certain voters over others, etc.) you realize that structural reforms are the only real path that could deliver. That could free us all. — PolitiTweet.org

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang

I would suggest though that if you confine yourself to blue vs. red we are sunk. There are good people in places like Utah and Alaska who do not have a D next to their name who are fighting the good fight and could use a hand. The system advantages certain states. — PolitiTweet.org