The Atlantic proclaim, respectively, âThe eccentric-entrepreneur-turned-failed-presidential-candidate is campaigning on a promise to make the city fun again. It might workâ and âHis proposals are radical. Heâs obsessed with robots. Heâs never even worked in government. And next year he might be running New York.â
A lot of coverage of Yang paints him as an affable nerd who is quirky, a self-described math obsessive, and a cheerleader for New Yorkâs post-COVID recovery. Some of the upbeat, apolitical selling points for Yangâs campaign are that heâs youthful and an agent of change â a term that is rarely defined but often implied to mean progressive. As