Sarah Palin Eats Ranked Choice Voting Dust in a Special Election in Alaska
Never waste your vote again. Independent voters rejoice.
I can hardly restrain myself. I’m so excited about the results of the special election for a vacant seat in the House of Representatives for the State of Alaska, I’m about to explode. I’m glad that Democrat and native Alaskan, Mary Peltola, won that seat based on a campaign of friendliness and kindness. I’m glad to see that a Trump-endorsed candidate lost. I am glad to see Ranked choice voting prove it’s promise of moderation.
In 2020, Alaska passed a law that opened their primary elections and made all elections ranked choice voting elections. Those two actions made it far more difficult for the most extreme among the people of Alaska, to win an election.
Sarah Palin was easily the favored candidate in that race. She had the name recognition. She is a Republican in a state that Trump carried in 2020. She was endorsed by former president Trump. Special elections mean lower turnouts. All she had to do was say, “I’m a Republican” to win.
Republicans tend to fare much better in low turnout elections. This is something that I want to emboss on the head of every Democrat who sat out the election in 2016. In 2016, voter turnout was 54%. That year, tens of…
