Yang, Deval and Bennet End 2020 Democratic Presidential Campaign
Reuters
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Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick ended their White House bids on Wednesday.
A left-leaning article by CNN highlights that Andrew Yang suspended his political campaign after a disappointing finish in Iowa, where the campaign invested millions in addition to spending two weeks on a bus tour leading up to the caucuses. Another left-leaning article by The New York Times reports that Deval Patrick’s former campaign aimed to capture delegates in New Hampshire to take away former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s support among black voters.
A centrist article by NPR reports that as a candidate, Yang focused on the dangers of automation to the U.S. economy and taking hold of the government that has been “completely overrun by the corporate money.” Another centrist article by NPR reports that Michael Bennet failed to catch fire in the Democratic field, as he got a late start and was diagnosed with prostate cancer in April. Although Bennet pitched himself as a low-key alternative to Trump, he showed little upward momentum.
A right-leaning article by New York Post reports that Bennet ran on a “Real Deal” platform of modest, but ambitious goals, that included annual payments to families with children under age 18 and allowing people to buy into an expanded form of Medicare. Another right-leaning article by Fox News reports that although Patrick was relatively well known in New Hampshire, he grabbed less than 1 percent of the vote. His departure means that there are no longer any African Americans in the Democratic race.