Alaska: 60% cast ballots for Repubs. A Dem won.
What happens when you combine an all-in or “jungle” primary with ranked-choice voting in the general election? Putting the two modern “innovations” on elections together in Alaska produced this absurd result, in which Republicans lost a House seat despite getting 60% of the vote.
And get ready for it to happen all over again in two months:
Final margin: Peltola (D) defeats Palin ® 51.5%-48.5% in the final round of ranked-choice. This is a huge victory and pickup …