Walz seems to have more “progressive cred” than Harris does. Before Biden dropped out, I don’t think there was alot of enthusiasm for Harris (myself included), as she’s been a pretty lackluster VP, just really hasn’t done much of anything. Until recent times though, this was pretty par for the course for VPs, I don’t think anyone expected much from them, but in the last 20 years or so we’ve been having some “consequential” VPs (Cheney, Biden, Pence), so now she seemed like an under-achiever in comparison.
Walz is seemingly a real progressive who is a down-to-earth, folksy, midwestern Dad type, just a really upstanding guy, so I think the more activist elements of the Left are excited about him being on the ticket in a way they wouldn’t have been with just Harris. Though I don’t know that either has really taken a hard stand against Israel, so that doesn’t sit well with alot of folks.
Walz seems to have more “progressive cred” than Harris does. Before Biden dropped out, I don’t think there was alot of enthusiasm for Harris (myself included), as she’s been a pretty lackluster VP, just really hasn’t done much of anything. Until recent times though, this was pretty par for the course for VPs, I don’t think anyone expected much from them, but in the last 20 years or so we’ve been having some “consequential” VPs (Cheney, Biden, Pence), so now she seemed like an under-achiever in comparison.
Walz is seemingly a real progressive who is a down-to-earth, folksy, midwestern Dad type, just a really upstanding guy, so I think the more activist elements of the Left are excited about him being on the ticket in a way they wouldn’t have been with just Harris. Though I don’t know that either has really taken a hard stand against Israel, so that doesn’t sit well with alot of folks.