Sarah Palin Likely to House

This is what I thought about Trump circa 2015-2016.

 

The OP is moving on. How convenient.

 

Please explain.

Alaska voters decided they wanted rank voting and open primaries. Good for them on deciding how they want to run themselves. They decided on efficiency and ideas instead of some letter behind their names.

The rank voting shows that the ultimate winner got enough second place votes — in other words, those voter didn’t want Palin. That seems efficient compared to a run off.

Kudos to Palin. She had only positive things to say about Peltola.

 

ET isn’t the only one not taking this news well.

 

Trumpers on their way to a Red Wave

 

It’s not like you had a choice.

 

Although they tend to elect Republicans more frequently than Democrats it would more accurate to describe Alaskans as libertarian leaning independents rather than as Republicans. In fact, more Alaskans are registered as independent/nonpartisan than Democrat and Republican combined (see below):


In 2010 after she lost to a Tea Party Republican in the Republican primary, Lisa Murkowski ran as an independent write-in candidate and was reelected to the Senate. The rank choice voting system is actually much more representative for residents of Alaska than partisan primaries given that most Alaskans aren't eligible to vote in traditional partisan primaries but can vote in a "jungle primary" with rank choice voting.

 

Imagine that.

 

The republican candidates ran a traditional campaign instead of a ranked choice one. This included attacking each other. It turned off their voters so much many just stayed home.

 

wait, Mr “zero chance of a democrat winning” will make predictions on nov?!

 

The self-own is priceless. I guess owning the libs isn't what it used to be.

 

This probably hurts the dems in the fall. Republicans might recalibrate how they rank their choices.

 

Or maybe those RINOs that have been alienated by their party have come home to roost.

 

Sarah Palin is probably more popular among the Trump wing of the Republican Party (which includes the overwhelming majority of Republicans) outside of Alaska than she is in her own state. Keep in mind that Palin resigned as governor back in 2009 so that she could hit the speaking circuit where she was earning almost as much for a single speech ($100,000) as she did in a year as governor ($125,00) and in doing so left a bad taste with a significant percentage of her fellow Alaskans. Just a guess but the November election for the full House term will essentially be a repeat of the recent special election.

 

Also keep in mind the single most important industry in Alaska is oil and gas and Mary Peltola's position with respect to the extraction of petroleum is closer to that of Republicans than Democrats in the lower 48.

 

This thread did not age well

 

Oh, I thought it did

 

Whose house is she going to? Is she heading to Matt Bevin’s house for a victory party???