“Rep. Peltola Is the Most Popular Politician in Alaska”
Horse exhaust! With RCV I had no idea who my vote went to. Peltola only got in because that disengenous dipstick Palin jumped in at the last possible moment to split up the vote.
The poll shows all statewide office holders (Gov., both Senators, and Cong.) within the MOE of each other. BTW Trump is right there. As you and I both point out, she was only elected in 2022 because some Republicans didn’t know how to play the game of instant run-off.
With instant run-off you have to simultaneously say you’re better than your fellow Republican candidates and that any Republican is better than any Democrat. You can’t be never-Trump or its opposite never-Haley. It’s like a combination primary and general election. When the two things are months apart you can be a name-caller of fellow Republicans during the primary (”lyin’ Ted”, “Little Marco”, etc.) and hope that the people you name-called come home in the general election because, personal feelings aside, the fate of the nation is at stake.
Presuming our fellow Republicans in Alaska have learned this lesson, I don’t care that this poll says the race is tied. Our guy will win and their gal will lose in November.