The Democratic National Committee has rejected one of the polls that US presidential candidate Andrew Yang tried to use to qualify for September’s presidential debate.
Yang needs four DNC-approved polls showing him at at least 2% before he can qualify for the next round of debates – a standard that will likely help winnow the field of 20-plus Democratic presidential candidates.
The noted tech entrepreneur has gained a devoted online following and ample fundraising success due to a colorful Twitter presence, wonky policy proposals and persistent calls for a Universal Basic Income – what he calls a “Freedom Dividend.”
He’s also been embraced by large swaths of the crypto community due to his calls for clear, innovation-encouraging cryptocurrency regulations.
On Monday, Yang tweeted that he had qualified for the September event. The following day, however, the DNC distributed an e-mail noting that a July 11 poll from NBC and The Wall Street Journal and a July 19 poll by NBC and SurveyMonkey – the two used by Yang to qualify – would not be count as two separate polls due to NBC’s involvement in both, according to a report from The Hill.
Yang blasted the decision.
Yang, however, still has until August 28 to garner enough support in another non-NBC facilitated poll and qualify for the debate.
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