Andrew Yang announced on Monday that he changed his voter registration from 'Democrat' to 'Independent,' calling the move a 'strangely emotional experience.'
on Monday that he changed his voter registration from "Democrat" to "Independent," calling the move a "strangely emotional experience."While Yang said he has identified as a Democrat for years and has "dozens of friends and confidantes who are entrenched in the Democratic Party," he is "confident that no longer being a Democrat is the right thing.""My goal is to do as much as I can to advance our society.
He said he has always been at odds with the Democratic Party: "I’m not very ideological. I’m practical. Making partisan arguments — particularly expressing what I often see as performative sentiment — is sometimes uncomfortable for me."Yang's announcement comes a day before his book, "Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy," is set to be released.
According to its publisher, Crown, the book will introduce “us to the various ‘priests of the decline’ of America, including politicians whose incentives have become divorced from the people they supposedly serve.”reported earlier this month that Yang will be launching a third party this month.Like this article? Get more from Axios and
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