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Swing-state polling pushes Trump over 280 electoral votes, into presidency

New poll results from seven states likely to be close in November are good news for those hoping for a second term for Donald Trump. Polls in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin show Trump on track to surpass the 270 electoral votes needed to win, if those numbers hold up at […]

Tim Walz, Raising Cash with Gavin Newsom, Pushes for End to Electoral College

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the Democratic vice presidential candidate, called for abolishing the electoral college at a fundraiser Tuesday with California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) at his home in Sacramento. Mr. Walz supports the Democratic Party's “National Popular Vote” campaign, which would give exorbitant powers to large “blue” states and cause presidential candidates to […]

Tim Walz says the Electoral College ‘needs to go’ as Democrats fear 2016 repeat

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said Tuesday that the U.S. will abolish the electoral college as Democrats fear a repeat of 2016, when Harris-Waltz's campaign won the popular vote but fell short of the presidency. argued that it was necessary. “Everyone knows the Electoral College needs to be abolished,” Walz said at a campaign fundraiser Tuesday […]

Tim Walz Says Electoral College ‘Needs To Go’ During Fundraiser With Gavin Newsom

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz said during a fundraiser Tuesday that the Electoral College “needs to be abolished,” according to Politico. Walz made the comments to the crowd at the event, which also featured Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, after he reportedly made similar comments at an earlier fundraiser in Seattle. According to Go […]

Tim Walz calls for elimination of Electoral College

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday called for abolishing the state's electoral college system during a fundraiser in California, a step some Democrats have advocated in the past after election defeats. Mr. Walz was at California Governor Gavin Newsom's private residence in Sacramento when he spoke about the process of selecting the president of the […]

Vulnerable Dem Sen Faces Worse Electoral Odds Than Previously Realized In Key Swing State

Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin's race in a key battleground state could be much closer than expected, according to multiple reports. Baldwin is currently running against Republican opponent Eric Hovde in a hotly contested November election. Previous polls had shown Baldwin with a clear lead, but new poll results show the gap is much smaller […]

Populist Freedom Party of Austria Wins Historic Electoral Victory

On Sunday, the populist Freedom Party emerged as the leading party in Austria's National Council elections for the first time in history, another defeat for Europe's established political parties. The Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) won with an estimated 29.2% of the total vote, due to issues such as mass immigration, an EU-wide economic downturn, and […]