Andrew Yang on America’s need for a new political party at Aspen Ideas Festival

NBC’s Savannah Sellers moderates a conversation with former presidential candidate Andrew Yang about America’s need for a new political party. NBCUniversal News Group is the media partner of Aspen Ideas Festival.

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[angelaasadi]

Andrew Yang is a gift to America. He is trying to do something to make this country better. He is brilliant and he will succeed!

[GuyJohnsonMusic]

I’m becoming so emotional I could cry. He’s speaking everything us fearful in the middle Americans are thinking. AND HE’S ABOVE THE AGE OF 40! It’s one of the few times I’ve seen someone older with such powerful empathy, and a true understanding of where the people want the country to go. I have just become a member of the Forward Party, and I am proud.

[lobsangpalden]

Andrew Yang million of millions of people are ready to support your party. God bless America.

[meichengchiang]

Simply amazing! Smart, practical, saving humanity and money.

[laxpsdlimbu]

Andrew is so intellectual, talent and humble an individual, he would become a good leader for everyone of us. Best wishes

[zasalsa]

I've been on a spree of Forward Party and Andrew Yang info videos and interviews. I paysed midway through this video to visit their website and submit an application for volunteering to the Forward Party. Listening to this literally makes my heart race with excitement on the hope of a better future, a hope I've been dying for for most of my life.

[doug]

Always fun to see Andrew Yang talk about stuff (at length).
"Breath of fresh air."

[anyone]

Every time I listen to Andrew speaks, I learn something new. Why he wasn't successful in his previous endeavors is baffling to me. He will definitely help our current political struggles and our country in general if elected to any political position in our country.

[steverichardson]

I'm a member of the Forward Party and am always energized by watching Andrew in action. This time, I was quite pleased to hear him advocate a common sense solution to the Electoral College problem - proportional allocation of elector votes. Only two states do this (Maine and Nebraska), while others stick to a winner-take-all policy and then wonder why we have a disconnect between the popular vote and EC results.

[georgezipp]

Yes we do I voted back in the day for Ross . We need a 3rd party that can WIN !!!! You can't tell me joey and donny are our only choices . We the People must demand better .

[ClayWeblogistics]

Andrew Yang is a fresh breath of honesty in a dirty vile game.

[b.]

Yang and people like Yang are the best hope for our country's future.

[drsmetal]

This video needs way more views. We definitely need rank choice voting and open primaries. Rank choice voting would stop the spoiler effect.

[Sarahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhr]

I’m happy NBC decided to hold this interview but I wish Savannah approached it with a more genuine curiosity for the ideas that were discussed. Her contempt for the situation was a dark cloud looming over the conversation. It was strange to me that she seemed to integrate herself into the mainstream media as opposed to an employee that works within the limitations of a company. The questions she kept veering back to were the very 1 dimensional talking points that keep us stuck on shallow, caricature politics. I hope NBC will shift into engaging with new policy ideas moving forward. Still, I’m glad there was decent coverage of this. These are concepts I want to see more discussions of. Forward Party is new to me. I’m curious to see how they develop. These topics Yang addressed should be center focus.

[latarashamcneil]

Andrew Yang is quite funny. This is always a polarizing trait in a presidential candidate, any election candidate. "You all a at least a little third-party curious." LOL... "I have at least 40 years to run." Humor coupled with his intelligence makes a very likeable candidate.

[sebastianwrites]

I had forgot how good Andrew Yang is...!

[Maliceless]

Yang won't get elected president, but everything he says is true; his book FORWARD is utter common sense for everyone.

[noahdyedotcom]

The only politician that tells the truth and is actually devoted to public service, not themselves.

[VersionBest]

Count me in. I'm all for changes that makes sense. I voted for him when he ran for President.

[davadh]

Yeah, he's way too smart for an American president