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Except that Alaska has ranked choice voting, so it may still end up Republican even if the Democrat wins the plurality of votes in the first round.
Say all of the 4100 votes for Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. end up going to Daniel S. Sullivan (unlikely but possible), then Daniel J. Sullivan may get a majority and win.
I know how ranked choice works. I live in Alaska ffs. We know how the voting is split already and ~30% of Dan J Sullivan’s second choice votes are for Peltola. So she’s pretty much got this locked up.
Except that Alaska has ranked choice voting, so it may still end up Republican even if the Democrat wins the plurality of votes in the first round.
Say all of the 4100 votes for Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. end up going to Daniel S. Sullivan (unlikely but possible), then Daniel J. Sullivan may get a majority and win.
I know how ranked choice works. I live in Alaska ffs. We know how the voting is split already and ~30% of Dan J Sullivan’s second choice votes are for Peltola. So she’s pretty much got this locked up.
This video explains better than I can:
https://youtu.be/9KabG6gHKew