Vice-President Kamala Harris has selected the Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, as her running mate and this big decision reflects more conventional history than inside-the-DC-beltway convention wisdom. While pundits focused mainly on which possible choice could help her ticket win a battleground state, their focus was on either Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania (19 electoral votes) or Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona (11 electoral votes). In this hotly competitive race, either selection made good sense in the scramble for a majority of the electoral college.

John Zogby August 7, 2024

Read the full article here The Guardian

Author Profile

External Media Posts

Latest entries

• Racial Capitalism09/16/2024Kamala’s Capitalist Class
• Political Elections09/11/2024How to Humiliate a Narcissist
• Political Elections09/10/2024Walz Rips Vance as ‘Pathetic’ for Asking Nation to Accept Mass Shootings as ‘Fact of Life’
• Income Inequality09/09/2024The Paradox of Progress for Black Americans