Tim Walz calls for scrapping of electoral college to decide US presidential race
www.theguardian.com
Kamala Harris’s running mate urges popular vote system but campaign says issue is not part of Democrats’ agenda

“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.

  • Juergen@lemmy.sdf.org
    41·
    2 months ago

    This is hardly the quiet part: He signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact in ‘23. Honestly, is he really wrong?

    ETA: Of course, satire. I can’t even tell anymore.

  • IHeartBadCode@fedia.io
    13·
    2 months ago

    OH SHIT! We were supposed to keep that quiet?

    What about first past the post voting? Are we supposed to act like we don’t know what instant runoff voting is?

  • PenguinMage@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    Wait… we were trying to claim the electoral college was bullshit? Never got the memo for that being quiet. Every idiot president in my voting life has lost the popular vote yet somehow wins.