MSNBC host Chris Hayes has expressed outrage over new poll results showing former President Trump as the favorite to win the Electoral College and thus the presidency in November.
On Friday, on his X account, the host of “All in With Chris Hayes” lambasted the recent results of the polls of Famous pollster Nate Silver showing that Harris would most likely beat Trump in the national popular vote if the election were held today, even if Trump wins the Electoral College.
“It is clear as day that the Electoral College is, to quote the great Justice Jackson, a national suicide pact,” Hayes wrote.
The media expert’s statement refers to a quote from Supreme Court Justice Robert Jacksonwho wrote in 1949 that the Supreme Court would “turn the Constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact” if it did not balance its “doctrinal logic with a little practical wisdom.”
Hayes appeared to use the quote to suggest that America’s commitment to deciding presidential elections using the Electoral College system – which progressive Democratic lawmakers believing is obsolete – would unnecessarily lead to the catastrophe of a Trump return to the White House.
The poll Hayes expressed his frustration over was Silver’s latest election model, which was shared by financial journalist “Geiger Capital” on X on Thursday.
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Describing the model, the X account said: “Like this… Trump – 52%. Harris – 47%. Trump is the frontrunner again in Nate Silver’s election model. Harris is favored by the popular vote, but she is an underdog in the Electoral College. This is largely due to Pennsylvania (where she lost to Josh Shapiro for the vice presidency).”
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In his message criticizing the Electoral College, Hayes said it was “an extremely dangerous institution that undermines democracy but also creates all sorts of Rube Goldberg-type machines that can be attacked by bad actors.”
One user responded to Hayes, pointing out that no state elects governors using a similar system. The host responded by adding, “I did a monologue about this and the right wing went wild because I *correctly* said that if the EC wasn’t in the constitution it would be patently unconstitutional and they said ‘what an idiot—!’ but that’s exactly the problem.”
Hayes provided a link to his MSNBC Segment defending Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., after she was criticized for calling the Electoral College a “scam.” During the segment,…
