{"id":2352388,"date":"2024-10-08T22:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-calls-for-electoral-college-to-be-abolished-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T22:41:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T02:41:17","slug":"tim-walz-calls-for-electoral-college-to-be-abolished-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-calls-for-electoral-college-to-be-abolished-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Walz calls for Electoral College to be abolished &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftim-walz-calls-for-electoral-college-to-be-abolished-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2352388&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governor \u200cTim \u200bWalz of Minnesota has called for the abolishment of the Electoral College during a recent \u2063fundraiser in Sacramento, California. While advocating for the \u200dchange, he emphasized the need for Democrats to\u2063 focus on winning certain key areas in\u2064 the upcoming elections, including parts of Pennsylvania and Nevada. Walz\u200c has previously expressed his preference for\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nothing-about-this-election-seems-to-add-up-the-liberty-loft\/\" title=\"Nothing about this election seems to add up | The Liberty Loft\">popular vote<\/a> as \u2063a method \u200bfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-popular-vote-scheme-aims-to-erase-electoral-colleges-protections-for-stat\/\" title=\"The &#039;National Popular Vote&#039; initiative seeks to eliminate the Electoral College&#039;s safeguards for states\">electing presidents<\/a> and highlighted Minnesota&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-lauds-state-rep-shirley-weber-established-africana-studies-professor-as-newsoms-secretary-of-state-pick\/\" title=\"Harris Lauds State Rep. Shirley Weber, Established Africana Studies Professor, As Newsom\u2019s Secretary Of State Pick\">recent legislation<\/a> to join the National Popular \u2062Vote Interstate Compact, which \u2064seeks to ensure electoral \u200dvotes are awarded based on the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/polls-show-biden-trailing-trump-in-5-of-6-swing-states-a-year-from-election\/\" title=\"Biden lags behind Trump in 5 of 6 swing states, polls reveal.\">national popular \u2063vote<\/a> \u200crather than by state results. This change\u200b would\u200c be implemented if enough states, combining for\u200d over 270 electoral votes, agree to the compact.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tim Walz calls for Electoral College to be abolished<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1775034\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) pushed for the abolishment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/electoral-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Electoral College<\/a> during a Tuesday fundraiser in Sacramento, California, at the private residence of Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA).<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think all of us know the Electoral College needs to go,&rdquo; Walz said, according to a pool report. &ldquo;But that&rsquo;s not the world we live in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So we need to win Beaver County, Pennsylvania. We need to be able to go into York, Pennsylvania, and win. We need to be in western Wisconsin and win,&rdquo; Walz continued in remarks to donors. &ldquo;We need to be in Reno, Nevada, and win. And the help that you give here today helps make that happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not the first time Walz has expressed dismay for the Electoral College and favoring the popular vote as a credible pathway to selecting a president.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2023, Walz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2024\/08\/tim-walz-has-a-stellar-record-on-voting-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>signed<\/a> legislation enrolling Minnesota in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/community-voices\/2023\/06\/minnesota-is-bringing-the-nation-closer-to-voter-equality-with-passage-of-the-national-popular-vote-interstate-compact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>National Popular Vote Interstate Compact<\/a>, a plan that prioritizes electing presidents by national popular vote rather than the Electoral College. <\/p>\n<p>States that have enacted the compact would award electoral votes by national popular vote, eschewing the current standard of electoral votes being awarded by the candidate who wins the most votes in respective states. <\/p>\n<p>This would be enacted if enough states surpassing the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election agreed to the compact; so far only 17 states and the District of Columbia have signed on. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats, and a few Republicans, have lamented that the GOP has not won the popular vote in 20 years since former President George W. Bush defeated Democrat John Kerry in 2004. <\/p>\n<p>Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley frequently commented that the GOP &ldquo;lost the popular vote in 7 of the last 8 presidential elections&rdquo; before she exited the 2024 race.<\/p>\n<p>But there is not enough political enthusiasm for undoing the Electoral College despite the public&rsquo;s wish for it, which Walz acknowledged in his remarks at the Sacramento fundraiser. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/09\/25\/majority-of-americans-continue-to-favor-moving-away-from-electoral-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>survey<\/a> from the Pew Research Center showed that 63% of voters would prefer that the person who wins the most votes nationally become the president, while 35% favor retaining the Electoral College system.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Harris campaign for comment. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1775034\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1775034\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Walz advocates for abolishing the Electoral College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2352389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP24276081370504.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[42611,41166,36113],"class_list":["post-2352388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-abolishment","tag-electoral-college","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP24276081370504.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}