There aren’t enough democrats in Alaska to elect anyone. It is more accurate to say that moderate Republicans elected Murkowski.
Look, it is like a runoff election, except you pre-vote on it. If there had been a runoff, it probably would have ended up the same way.
Not enough Democrats? Really?
Or just enough?
I’ll give you a simple way to, possibly, prove my point.
Watch Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. Watch the episodes that take place in Fairbanks and Anchorage. You tell me if there aren’t enough Democrats there.
It’s not about the number of Democrats, it’s about the numbers that vote. No one is looking at or auditing any of these ballots. No one has any idea who’s voting. Did some small Alaskan village, of natives 100% vote for murkowski? Sure. How would anyone know. I’m betting there are some that had no idea there was another round of voting.
Remember murkowski lost a primary 12 years ago and somehow won with a write-in campaign with ballots that were illegible. Miraculous.