Tim Walz’s Popular Vote Gaffe

How are the Democrats going to sweep under the rug the division in the party over what to do about direct democracy?

AP/Carlos Osorio
Governor Walz on August 7, 2024, at Romulus, Michigan. AP/Carlos Osorio

What’s this ruckus on the hustings? The Democrats suddenly seem to be of two minds about the plan to co-opt the Electoral College — the National Popular Vote Compact. “I think all of us know the Electoral College needs to go,” Governor Walz declared on Tuesday at a Coast fundraiser. A campaign flack quickly overruled him, explaining that wasn’t the Harris-Walz ticket’s official position. It’s hard to just sweep the idea under the rug, though.

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