Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday lost her bid to serve as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee ... read more
About a month after President-elect Donald Trump emerged victorious in the 2024 presidential election, three Democratic legislators have introduced a constitutional amendment that would abolish the Electoral College if passed. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii,) Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) have voiced concerns about the fact that, in the past two decades, the Electoral College has allowed for the election of a candidate who did not win the popular vote on two separate occasions: George W. Bush in the 2000 election and Trump in the 2016 election. Both of these candidates were from the Republican Party. However, Trump still would have won the 2024 presidential election even if the winner was decided by popular vote, as he garnered roughly 2 million more votes than his Democratic counterpart, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump's landslide victory wasn't just defined by the swing states. He picked up territory nationwide, securing 10-point gains in some counties in Texas and making huge inroads in California. Washington was the only state that did not swing towards the Republicans in 2024, illustrating the extent of the political shift that occurred. As such, Trump is on course to become the first Republican candidate to win the popular vote in 20 years.
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"I thought it was a real flex when the Wall Street Journal pointed out that I might have been the least wealthy person to ever run for vice president," Walz told MPR News. read more
#5,
The election says different.