# Harris VP choice as she is the official presidential nominee of the Democratic Party for 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** kamala-harris\ **Created:** [July 21, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-vp-choice-as-she-is-the-official-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party-for-2024/1004552 "2024-07-21T19:06:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1481
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-vp-choice-as-she-is-the-official-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party-for-2024/1004552/1481 "2024-08-06T21:53:54Z")
Please see new thread: > [@A thread started shortly after Harris's choice of Walz as VP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-started-shortly-after-harriss-choice-of-walz-as-vp/1005352): > > Sorry for the weird thread title. Explanation can be found here: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-have-a-new-thread-for-harriss-vp-pick/1005348/8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-have-a-new-thread-for-harriss-vp-pick/1005348/8). And the thread started weeks before she made her choice but which includes discussion of Walz and other options can be found [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-vp-choice-for-2024-is-governor-tim-walz-minnesota/1004552/6). Personally I was a bit fearful of the choice, as Minnesota governor Tim Walz is unabashedly progressive. Don’t get my wrong, his views are pretty much identical to my own, as far as I can tell. But this elec… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-vp-choice-as-she-is-the-official-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party-for-2024/1004552)._