Political Buzz: Can anyone stop Andrew Yang? By Bob Hardt New York City PUBLISHED 6:00 AM ET Apr. 20, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:00 AM EDT Apr. 20, 2021
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“It gets late early out here.” Yogi Berra
Remember the charmingly self-aware dorky guy on the presidential campaign trail who wore the “MATH” button on his lapel? Well, it’s time for revenge of the dorks: Andrew Yang may have figured out the political math that could make him the next mayor of New York City.
Our exclusive Spectrum News NY1/Ipsos poll shows Yang at the top of the heap of eight major Democratic candidates with 22 percentage points, trailed by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams at 13 points and City Comptroller Scott Stringer with 11 points. The rest of the field is stuck in the single digits. While Primary Day is just about two months away, that’s