As the state’s first ranked choice election draws near, voters and political strategists are wondering about the advantages of ranking more than one candidate.
election draws near, voters and political strategists are wondering about the advantages of ranking more than one candidate.
At the same time, political observers are pointing to the downstream effects of voting only for one candidate rather than ranking all candidates — what they call “short voting.” In the special U.S. House race, where two Republicans are facing one Democrat, short voting could result in the Democrat winning if the two Republicans split the conservative vote.
Ranked choice voting translates to immediate, automatic runoff elections if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote. “So when we vote in one election here, we’re really voting in two to three,” Berry said. “And we have to ask ourselves, how many times would you like to have a voice?”conducted by Alaska Survey Research, pollster Ivan Moore found that Democrat Peltola would likely not be eliminated in the first round of voting in the special U.S.
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