The System uses the System to keep the System in power.
I liked Sarah Palin a whole lot. BUT, she did the Republican Party and the American People a HUGE disservice by taking most of the air out of the room when she teased a presidential run and toured the country rally style and didn’t pull the trigger. The possible conservative candidates were frozen, but Romney got to consolidate his operation.
Sarah should have taken on Murkowski in ‘16. 2 heavyweights. She was rich. Everyone waited for her comeback. Gotta admit the rats did everything right to winch seat. Still the state is red. No excuse.
That’s what ranked voting is all about.
You can elect any Democrat you choose.
As long as their is ranked choice in Alaska, no conservative will be elected there.
> Sarah should have waltzed right into the office. <
Yep. That one was a heartbreaker. If the GOP doesn’t take steps to fix all these voting problems, this kind of result will be the norm.
ranked voting + ballot harvesting = one party rule forever
Why should Sarah have waltzed in? She hasn’t held any office since 2009, she’s mostly not lived in Alaska most of that time, plus all the family bulldada. Really all she’s got is name recognition, but half the people that recognize her name see her as a joke. Seats don’t belong to a party, they’re suppose to be WON. She didn’t.
The Alaska Machine needs to be arm-twisted by Trump sooner or later to change the dirty system of ranked-choice voting.
Ultimately Alaskans should rise up which would be a much better way of resolving this.
Get rid of the ranked choice voting. Democrats are using it to manipulate the results of the election.
Designed to give tyrants an edge.
Ranked-choice voting MUST be defeated everywhere it’s tried. They are trying to get it into Georgia.
I think this ranked system should go to the USSC. One vote only!!!
Decades ago, when I lived in Massachusetts, the Democrats would always throw a "Kennedy" on the Republican ballot for local state races. What this did was split the opposing vote (because so many Bay Staters will vote for any Kennedy in a knee jerk manner) and allow the chosen candidate to cruise to victory.
One vote per voter for each office on the ballot. Whomever receives the most votes wins. It ain’t rocket science. KISS principle applies.
Note to Alaskans: If you want to take your state back from Deep State, secure your elections. Get rid of RCV, RCV-enabled voting machines, early voting, mail-in voting, et al.
RCV is the final nail in the coffin of our voting process.
The Alaskan legislature chose RCV. The rest of us had nothing to do with it. It’s up to them to get rid of it.
Palin’s time has come and gone!
Alaskans I know pretty much tell me that.
How about trying to take care of her family?
I like SP personally but am tired of seeing her on the national scene. She’s a serial election loser and although I see many excuses here it is time to admit that this dog isn’t learning new tricks.
“Ranked choice”... just another scheme for Dems to get over.
States Rights and all, but isn’t it odd home some places “feel the need” for Ranked Choice?