MSNBC host rages after seeing polls showing Trump leading, calls Electoral College a ‘suicide pact’

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MSNBC host rages after seeing polls showing Trump leading, calls Electoral College a ‘suicide pact’​


MSNBC host Chris Hayes fumed over new poll results showing former President Trump as the favorite to win the Electoral College and therefore the presidency in November.


On his X account Friday, the "All in With Chris Hayes" anchor blasted recent poll results from famed pollster Nate Silver showing that Harris would most likely beat Trump in the national popular vote if the election were held today, though Trump would win the Electoral College.

"It’s clear as day the Electoral College is, to quote the great Justice Jackson a national suicide pact," Hayes posted.

Liberal MSNBC host Chris Hayes trashed the Electoral College on X after seeing current polling showing that former President Trump currently has better chance to win the Electoral College than Vice President Harris. (Screenshot/MSNBC)

The media pundit’s statement referenced a quote from Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, who wrote in 1949 that the Supreme Court "will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact" if it doesn’t balance its "doctrine logic with a little practical wisdom."



Hayes seemed to be using the quote to suggest that the U.S.’s commitment to deciding presidential elections using the Electoral College system – which progressive Democratic lawmakers believe is obsolete – will needlessly result in the catastrophe of Trump returning to the White House.

The poll Hayes expressed frustration over was Silver’s latest election model, which was shared by finance journalist "Geiger Capital" on X on Thursday.

Describing the model, the X account stated, "Just like that… Trump – 52%. Harris – 47%. Trump is now back to being the favorite in Nate Silver’s election model. Harris is favored in the popular vote but an Electoral College underdog. It’s largely due to Pennsylvania (where she passed on Josh Shapiro for VP)."

According new election models from pollster Nate Silver, former President Trump currently has a better shot at winning the Electoral College than Vice President Harris. (Fox News)

In his post slamming the Electoral College, Hayes said it is "a wildly dangerous institution that undermines democracy but also creates all manner of Rube Goldberg machinery to be attacked by bad actors."...
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I trust the wisdom of the founding fathers more than some liberal talk show host.
 
I trust the founders too. But the EC was needed as a compromise offer to the slave states.

It wasn't any kind of grand vision. Other countries have no idea how a President can be elected w/out a popular vote win. And Republicans haven't won the popular in 20 years.
 
ExpressLane said:

MSNBC host rages after seeing polls showing Trump leading, calls Electoral College a ‘suicide pact’​


MSNBC host Chris Hayes fumed over new poll results showing former President Trump as the favorite to win the Electoral College and therefore the presidency in November.


On his X account Friday, the "All in With Chris Hayes" anchor blasted recent poll results from famed pollster Nate Silver showing that Harris would most likely beat Trump in the national popular vote if the election were held today, though Trump would win the Electoral College.

"It’s clear as day the Electoral College is, to quote the great Justice Jackson a national suicide pact," Hayes posted.

Liberal MSNBC host Chris Hayes trashed the Electoral College on X after seeing current polling showing that former President Trump currently has better chance to win the Electoral College than Vice President Harris. (Screenshot/MSNBC)

The media pundit’s statement referenced a quote from Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, who wrote in 1949 that the Supreme Court "will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact" if it doesn’t balance its "doctrine logic with a little practical wisdom."



Hayes seemed to be using the quote to suggest that the U.S.’s commitment to deciding presidential elections using the Electoral College system – which progressive Democratic lawmakers believe is obsolete – will needlessly result in the catastrophe of Trump returning to the White House.

The poll Hayes expressed frustration over was Silver’s latest election model, which was shared by finance journalist "Geiger Capital" on X on Thursday.

Describing the model, the X account stated, "Just like that… Trump – 52%. Harris – 47%. Trump is now back to being the favorite in Nate Silver’s election model. Harris is favored in the popular vote but an Electoral College underdog. It’s largely due to Pennsylvania (where she passed on Josh Shapiro for VP)."

According new election models from pollster Nate Silver, former President Trump currently has a better shot at winning the Electoral College than Vice President Harris. (Fox News)

In his post slamming the Electoral College, Hayes said it is "a wildly dangerous institution that undermines democracy but also creates all manner of Rube Goldberg machinery to be attacked by bad actors."...
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I trust the wisdom of the founding fathers more than some liberal talk show host.
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Nate Silver's latest election model doesn't say that.

www.natesilver.net

Silver Bulletin 2024 presidential election forecast

All the numbers for Trump vs. Harris.
www.natesilver.net www.natesilver.net
 
PostmodernProphet said:
however every election we have ever held WAS won by the president who won the electoral vote.........just as the constitution provides......
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Could say, "pure ignorance". The Constitution provides that a candidate must win a majority of the total electoral votes. In 1824, this meant Andrew Jackson who won the most EC votes of any of the four candidates was not elected by them since his number fell short of an absolute majority. Accordingly, the decision went to the House which elected John Quincy Adams. Adams had received the second highest number of EC votes.
 
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