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18. "I'm not sure why the Alaska race hasn't been called yet".
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 05:40 PM
Nov 14

Alaska is a huge state with a lot of far flung population areas. The initial vote count doesn't end until November 20th.

Alaska uses ranked-choice voting which, because it's destroyed Republican domination in the state, was also on the ballot. If the leading candidate doesn't win with 50 percent + one vote, the votes of the other candidates are apportioned out to the two leaders based on those voters' second choice.

The question is if the voter didn't want to vote for Pelota (the incumbent), but didn't vote for the Republican, would she be the predominant second choice? This is what gives Pelota a wisp of a chance of winning. And the vote to overturn RCV was still very much up in the air. Votes from the remote native populace might allow the preservation of RCV to prevail.

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