On Thursday, Governor Tim Walz (D) of Minnesota reportedly failed to address the consequences of his extreme call to abolish the Electoral College earlier in the week.
Walz was questioned about the far-Left position during an interview with Michael Strahan on ABC News. He clarified that it was not the position of Vice President Kamala Harris.
“The point I’m trying to make is, is that there’s folks that feel every vote must count in every state. And I think the sense some folks feel that’s not the case. Our campaign does that. And the point I’m saying is, I’m in five states in two days. We’re out there making the case that the campaign’s position is clear, that that’s not their position.” he stated.
Walz, in his capacity as governor, has advocated for the election of presidents through popular vote rather than the Electoral College.
Walz signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact into law in May 2023, thereby establishing Minnesota as the 17th state to consent to award its electoral votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote.
Walz is not the sole Democrat advocating for the abolition of the Electoral College. Following her defeat in the 2016 presidential election to former President Donald Trump, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton also advocated for the implementation of a national popular vote to elect presidents.
Despite Clinton’s victory in the popular vote over Trump, she was defeated by the Republican nominee in the Electoral College by a margin of 227 to 304.
In the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) all advocated for the abolition of the Electoral College during their campaign trails.
Harris declared in 2019 that she was “open to the discussion” of abolishing the Electoral College.
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