Vice President Harris chooses Tim Walz as running mate. - eviltoast
Harris chooses Gov. Tim Walz — an abortion rights and public education advocate — as running mate
19thnews.org
Walz, the governor of Minnesota, is a former high school teacher, football coach and member of the U.S. House.
  • mctoasterson@reddthat.com
    546·
    3 months ago

    Purely strategically, it is an absolutely braindead move to not pick Shapiro. 538 has done a lot of work recently showing the likelihood that whoever wins PA will almost certainly win the election. So why would she decline to select the PA candidate with 60+% approval in that state?

    • aleph@lemm.eeEnglish
      421·
      3 months ago

      You can bet they have their polling data that says otherwise. Shapiro was a deeply controversial pick who could have killed a lot of the enthusiasm, and he only helps in one individual swing state. Waltz Walz has broad demographic appeal, so they presumably weighed up both and decided that he was the better bet.