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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  • pearsaltchocolatebar
    101·
    3 months ago

    When she was in the senate she was statistically the closest to Bernie in voting.

    • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
      52·
      3 months ago

      Now she’s trying to distance herself from the most progressive policies she supported in the past. That makes me a little concerned. She has a history of saying whatever she thinks the people want to hear. Then claiming “It was a debate” when pressed on comments she made in the past, as though it’s silly for anyone to think she believes what she said. That’s why I feel we don’t really know what to expect from her.

      I hope she’ll be as progressive as possible and actually try to take some big swings. But I have doubts. And actual fears she’ll remove Lina Kahn, and go back to more Clinton-esque, Corpo friendly, policies we’ve seen for the last several decades. That’s where the lions share of her donations are coming from.

      • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
        2·
        3 months ago

        you already seem to know her history of behavior. Why would she suddenly start acting like a different person than she was before? -Last time in your life you were put in a position where you were pressured to make big decisions, did you rely on what you knew, or did you completely pivot your behavior to try something new?

        • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          Being the president with real power, is very different from being a single senator with very little power. And again most of her money is coming from big corpo donors.

        • pearsaltchocolatebar
          13·
          3 months ago

          Also, you’re never going to get a perfect candidate. There’s always going to be something people don’t like

            • pearsaltchocolatebar
              1·
              3 months ago

              Apparently a large chunk of Lemmy thinks that her stance on Israel (which is the same as 99% of other politicians) is a good enough reason to disregard her as a candidate.