In a press release on April 19, 2018, Andrew Yang announced that he would be personally giving one resident of New Hampshire $1,000/month in 2019 to show the effectiveness of his Universal Basic Income policy, the "Freedom Dividend."[1] He announced that he will be doing the same thing in Iowa in 2019.[2] On August 10, 2018, Yang was a keynote speaker at the largest Democratic fundraiser in Iowa, the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding.[3] In 2018, he made seven trips to Iowa and six trips to New Hampshire, the first two states to vote in the primaries.[4][5][6][7]