Alaska’s subsequent Member of Congress shall be a Democrat, Mary Peltola. She beat two Republicans in a particular election held Aug. 16 underneath the state’s new ranked-choice voting system. Congratulations to Ms. Peltola, and no disrespect supposed . . . however what within the heck? Alaska voted for President Trump in 2020 by 10 factors. Is that this now the true will of the citizens?
The second-place finisher was Sarah Palin, and a part of the story appears to be that Republicans have been polarized by her historical past. But parsing the outcomes is hard given how these ranked-choice elections function. The poll lets voters select a number of names so as of desire. If no candidate wins a majority, the underside contender is eradicated, and that particular person’s voters are reassigned to their second selections (or third or fourth, as the method goes on).
