Another Democrat eyeing presidential run in 2028 wants to abolish Electoral College

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear wants to abolish the Electoral College.

Not to be outdone by Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday that he's in favor of abolishing the Electoral College.

Beshear's remarks were made during an episode of Face the Nation on CBS News in response to a question about what the "biggest, boldest idea" he's promoting is. Beshear said the U.S. needs to "fix the darn government," by which he means the Electoral College should be eliminated, among other major changes.

Beshear said his plan would "call for direct elections of the president and the vice president. That could actually make things work. A big idea that would, yes, change government but in a way enshrined in the Constitution where people would know it's going to get better."

When asked to confirm that he is calling for the Electoral College to be abolished, Beshear responded, "Yeah, I've I've said it a number of times and it's because in Kentucky we will never see a candidate for president or vice president unless they're from here. Why? Because people just expect that it'll go one way or the other." It's not clear what Beshear meant by that remark, but he concluded, "I certainly think it's time."

Beshear joins Harris and Buttigieg, both of whom are considered "mainstream" candidates like Beshear, in calling for the end of the Electoral College, which was introduced in 1789. Unfortunately, mainstream media figures never ask the Democrats making these claims any in-depth questions about why they want to abolish something that was established by the Founding Fathers of the nation.

Since the nation's founding, the U.S. has held 60 presidential elections, and in just 5 of those elections has the popular vote differed from the Electoral College outcome. Three of those outcomes occurred in 1888 or earlier, with the 2000 and 2016 elections being more recent examples. Democrats thus far have not articulated why it's important to abolish the Electoral College, which would require a Constitutional Amendment, when the popular vote and Electoral College results have differed in only 8% of presidential elections in more than 240 years. 

Elsewhere in the interview, Beshear called for term limits in Congress and for Supreme Court Justices. But he stopped short of going full extremist, saying, "I believe that socialism is a failed experiment.” Below, watch the clip of Beshear saying he wants to scrap the Electoral College.