PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES We started off the 2020 cycle with an informal heuristic : While many long shots would run for president, we would focus our coverage on candidates who had previously held elected office; others would have to earn enough media attention to prove they should be taken seriously. When businessman Andrew Yang, a political rookie, launched his presidential campaign with a New York Times profile in February 2018, he didn’t meet our standard for coverage. But Yang now looks likely to qualify for the Democratic primary debates this summer, so here is our […]
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