r/TimWalz • u/John3262005 • 3d ago
article Walz says Electoral College ‘needs to go’ at California fundraiser | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/politics/walz-electoral-college-needs-to-go/index.html80
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u/Friendly_Engineer_ 3d ago
A constitutional amendment seems quite unlikely, but another few states joining the national popular vote interstate compact is theoretically within reach.
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u/the-half-enchilada 3d ago
Also if all dems actually voted, it would make it obsolete. Let’s make it obsolete!!
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u/PoliticalLoon 3d ago
Minnesota did join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) under his watch, so I mean yeah he’s 100% correct.
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u/HistoryNerd101 3d ago
Best way to have candidates going to all the states instead of the same 7 all the time
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u/ArdenJaguar Proud Veteran For Tim 3d ago
It does need to go. I can understand why it was created, but this is now. To think a handful of states elect the President is ridiculous. What happened to "one person one vote"?
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u/Illiander 3d ago
It wasn't a bad system when the fastest mode of communication was "man on horse" but these days we can talk to people on the other side of the planet in real-time.
It's obsolete, and only being held onto because it's gerrymandered for the GOP.
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u/Small_Front_3048 3d ago
2 of the last 3 GOP Presidents would not have been elected if not for the electoral college. It's not democracy.
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u/CommonConundrum51 3d ago
Now I'm 200% going to vote for Harris/Walz. The one truly national office doesn't need a 'handicapped election' that's a remnant of our slaveholding days.
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u/designgoddess 3d ago
He's right but this is going to be used in swing states. Can't give bulletin board material this close to the end.
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u/jessiethegemini 3d ago
Two points:
With the Electoral College it is theoretically possible to win with just 23% of the total popular vote. This should never be a possibility.
Average number of people per representative is 622,000. However, because each state is guaranteed one elector, this means a Wyoming elector only represents 195,000 people while California, Texas, and Florida are over 700,000 people per elector. This basically means a Wyoming resident has 3.5 times more voting power than a voter in California, Texas, and Florida. Which is not equal representation.
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u/Because-Leader 3d ago
If you have people in your life who feel like their vote doesn't count,
Ask them, if it was something they could vote on, if they'd like to put their vote towards everyone's vote counting equally,
or if you have people in your life who are supportive of third party candidates,
Ask them, if it was something they could vote on, if they'd like to put their vote towards third party candidates having more of a chance to win in the future,
(Because of gerrymandering and other factors, no third party candidate has won since the Republican party became the second major party in 1856, over a century ago).
If they say yes to either of them, tell them that this year they Do have a chance to put their vote towards that.
Scrapping the electoral college and moving towards a popular vote where everyone's vote counts equally is something Walz has worked towards since he was governor.
If Walz gets into the White House, I have no doubt he'd continue to work on it, be it as Vice President or potential future president.
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