According to Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz, the Electoral College has outlived its usefulness.
Speaking to donors Tuesday at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s home in Sacramento, California, he said it should be replaced by a national popular vote.
The comments were quickly echoed by the Trump campaign, which accused Walz of priming the base to claim a Republican candidate victory in November was illegitimate.
And the Harris campaign distanced itself from any suggestion that it planned to abolish the Electoral College.
But Walz’s comments highlight Democratic frustration with a system they believe is clipping its wings when their candidates have won the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections.
According to Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz, the Electoral College has outlived its usefulness. He told a fundraising event that this should be replaced by a national popular vote
“I think we all know the Electoral College has to go,” the Democratic vice presidential candidate said at the glitzy fundraising event.
‘But that’s not the world we live in.
“So we have to win Beaver County, Pennsylvania. We have to be able to go to York, Pennsylvania and win. We need to be in western Wisconsin and win. We have to be in Reno, Nevada and win.”
Instead, he added, “We need a national plebiscite.”
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It gives Harris a better than 70 percent chance of winning the national election, but Trump currently has a 58.8 percent chance of coming out on top in the Electoral College, the state-by-state contest that decides who wins the White House may live. House.
Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt turned to X to denounce Walz’s comments. “Does Tampon Tim lay the foundation for claiming that President Trump’s victory is illegitimate?” she posted.
The Harris campaign said it had no intention of abolishing the Electoral College.
“Governor Walz believes every vote matters in the Electoral College and is honored to travel the country and battleground states to earn support for the Harris-Walz ticket,” the report said.
‘He was commenting to a crowd of strong supporters on how the campaign was built to win 270 electoral votes. And he thanked them for their support that helps fund these efforts.”
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A Trump campaign spokeswoman quickly blasted Walz’s comments
This isn’t the first time Walz’s loose talk has gotten him into trouble.
He has had to correct comments about being in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre (he arrived weeks later) and carrying firearms ‘in the war’ (while never having served in a combat zone).
‘I speak like everyone else speaks. I should be clearer. I’ll tell you,” he recently told reporters.
However, he is a public advocate for abolishing the Electoral College.
As governor, Walz signed legislation last year aimed at replacing it with a national popular vote.
The current system includes 538 Electoral College votes, which are allocated to each state based on the number of members of Congress. Most states award these on a winner-take-all basis, and the candidate who gathers 270 or more wins power.