Washington (CNN) Businessman Andrew Yang on Tuesday qualified for the December primary debate stage by earning 4% in the latest Quinnipiac University national poll.

Yang joins six other Democratic presidential candidates who have qualified: former Vice President Joe Biden, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, businessman Tom Steyer and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Yang, who met the polling threshold two days before the cut-off, has boosted his numbers enough to meet the DNC's tougher criteria while several other opponents have not. If elected, Yang would be the first Asian American US president.

A main focus of Yang's political platform is the idea of universal basic income . Yang wants to give all Americans 18 and older $1,000 a month, saying it will help make the economy more equitable and allow people to decide how to use the money rather than the government.

In 2011, Yang founded Venture for America, a nonprofit which connects recent college graduates with start-ups. In 2015, former President Barack Obama named Yang an ambassador for global entrepreneurship.

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