First of all, what kind of stupid-ass wokester bullshit expression is “ground-truthing”?
Always remember that Alaska has Rigged Choice Voting (RCV) now. It’s not sufficient in a general election for the leader (Palin) to have something like 43% in a 4-way race. If it’s less than 50% — and it will be — it’s not over, and that’s where RCV kicks in. The same thing applies in November.
It will come down to the people who voted for Begich, who is a good candidate himself but totally overshadowed now, and who their #2 choice is. The media wet dream is that the Begich supporters hate Palin as much as they themselves do, and therefore will place the ultra-liberal Commie candidate (Gross) as their #2 choice and by doing so will hand the election to him. This is how Rigged Choice Voting greatly helps Democrats, even in an allegedly Republican state like Alaska. That’s why Democrats want to implement RCV NATIONWIDE.
Therefore the media’s mission, which they will gleefully undertake from now through August, is to try to drive Palin’s “negatives” through the roof. They don’t need to boost Gross much at all (though they surely will do so), just make sure that a substantial portion of the electorate hates Sarah.
“Rigged Choice Voting” worked in Maine.