Kamala Harris’s running mate urges popular vote system but campaign says issue is not part of Democrats’ agenda

Kamala Harris’s running mate urges popular vote system but campaign says issue is not part of Democrats’ agenda

Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, has called for the electoral college system of electing US presidents to be abolished and replaced with a popular vote principle, as operates in most democracies.

His comments – to an audience of party fundraisers – chime with the sentiments of a majority of American voters but risk destabilising the campaign of Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, who has not adopted a position on the matter, despite having previously voiced similar views.

“I think all of us know, the electoral college needs to go,” Walz told donors at a gathering at the home of the California governor, Gavin Newsom. “We need a national popular vote. We need to be able to go into York, Pennsylvania, and win. We need to be in western Wisconsin and win. We need to be in Reno, Nevada, and win.”

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  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    I’d start with a simple arrogant misunderstanding of the definition of the word democracy wherein you leaned in to that arrogance telling me I didn’t know how to converse with people. Your conversational style has brought – due – hatred.

    You haven’t a leg to stand on at this point as far as most reading are concerned, and it’s through your own words we’ve all mostly come to the same conclusion.

    Usually, not always, but usually, when everyone thinks you suck but you, its…

    Again, usually

    Usually it’s you.

    Food for thought.