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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  • lilsip@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 months ago

    I’m sick?I don’t love my neighbor? You think you can talk to me like I’m a monster?

    Not getting rid of ec :: because I believe that it’s too easy to sway public opinion one way or another and there should be protections in place for communities that are smaller than say, NYC.

    Not increasing the minimum wage :: because I believe that this will cause our already rising cost of living to increase faster.

    Not taxing the fuck out of corps for an arbitrary profit margin :: because that’s a persons entire life. That could be you. It could be my son. It could be the girl at the local mosque who was raised in foster care and worked her ass off to become successful. And then some little ant online thinks it’s okay to tax the fuck outta her just because she’s done something with her life.

    PLEASE. I’m begging you please tell my how I’m the monster.

    • foggy@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months 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.

    • Maeve@midwest.social
      2·
      3 months ago

      Holy Mary, Joseph and Jesus, overdramatize and wallow in self-victimization, won’t you? I did not call you a monster. I will not dehumanize very, very human behavior. It’s distasteful, even foul, but it is human.

      You would give the masters everything while insisting wage slaves continue to beg for scraps. There are other, more effective options. You might search some up and stop being so fragile long enough to do so. Not Breitbart or ONN either. Neither CNN nor even MSN. Go left. Global left.