Andrew Yang’s popularity during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary wasn’t enough to help propel him to the most prestigious mayoral job in the country. Tuesday night, Andrew Yang conceded he didn’t get enough votes to win the Democratic primary in the New York mayor’s race:
“You all know I am a numbers guy. I’m someone who traffics in what’s happening by the numbers and I’m not going to be the next mayor of New York City…I am conceding this race.”
In a ranked-choice system of voting, Eric Adams, a former police captain, has the lead with about 31% of the votes, Yang wasn’t even close, coming in with just 11%.
Yang’s popularity on Twitter and with the media never caught fire with New Yorkers.
I can’t remember who tweeted it but when Andrew Yang announced his candidacy for NYC Mayor they said this: “Andrew Yang is going to get 80% of the coverage and 12% of the vote.” pic.twitter.com/JDYmPyjLXf
— Reggie Wade (@ReggieWade) June 23, 2021
The NY press corps all consuming obsession with Andrew Yang’s celebrity for 8 months of the NYC Mayoral campaign will be a large part of the final story. It created a distorted view of the field and allowed other candidates to be woefully unexamined until close to the end
— Patrick Gaspard (@patrickgaspard) June 23, 2021
Newsweek writes, “Andrew Yang ran one of the most disastrous campaigns ever.”
Yang—a presidential candidate in 2020—was initially the frontrunner for the Democratic primary but his mayoral campaign was dogged by controversies. His comments about Israel, Asian Americans, mental illness and the police drew widespread criticism.
Say what you will about Andrew Yang, but dude is VERY good at getting a ton of media coverage and then coming absolutely nowhere close to winning.
— Alex Fernie (@FernieCommaAlex) June 23, 2021
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