[newzjunkey]

Republicans split the vote in Alaska so it appears the Dem will go to congress despite the majority choosing a Republican candidate.

Ranked choice voting must be stopped. Everywhere.

[Political Junkie Too]

You have it wrong in Alaska.

The Democrat is in third place with 9.7% of the vote. Tshibaka is in the lead with 44.8% and Murkowski is in 2nd place with 42.1%.

This means the Democrat drops out after round 1 and the second choice of the 19,000 people who voted for her get added to the totals for Tshibaka and Murkowski.

The seat will stay Republican, but it's likely that the Democrat voters will play spoiler to keep the conservative out, knowing that Murkowski swings Democrat from time to time.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

What's going to be interesting in Alaska is the at-large House district.

Currently, with 70% of the vote reporting, the Democrat has 46.7% of the vote, while the Republicans split 26.8% for Sarah Palin and 24.6% for Nick Begich.

When Begich drops out, will his voters have given all their votes to Palin or will they split some of that for the Democrat Peltola?

Palin will need almost all of Begich's votes to win.

Of course, with 30% of the vote still outstanding, Begich could leap past Palin. It's probably more likely that Palin's voters all gave their second choice to Begich, but I don't think I can say the same for Begich's voters.

-PJ

[3RIVRS]

The Dem being Murk?