One of the selling points of ranked choice voting is that it’s supposed to make elections more civil. But in Alaska, U.S. House candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich are getting nasty with each other.
Democrat Mary Peltola, left, keeps it cordial between herself and rival Republicans Nick Begich and Sarah Palin.
“Sarah Palin IS a quitter,” says the voiceover on one Begich ad. “She’s a quitter. She quit on us. She left us. She abandoned us. We picked her to do a job, and she didn’t bother to finish it. Because she wanted to go out there and get rich and famous.” Palin, in a tele-rally this week, said Begich is “full of bull.” She said Begich isn’t smart about how he’s running for office.
The odd part about Alaska’s new system, Begich said, is that the primary no longer ends fighting among Republicans. “Game No. 1 has to be that you don’t come in third,” Art Hackney, a Republican consultant working for Begich, said. “Because if you come in third, you are, you know, moot to the whole thing, and it becomes your second-choice votes that are the things that matter.
If ranked choice voting is taking any venom out of the race, it’s most evident in the way Peltola is running. The Democrat takes selfies with her rivals at every opportunity and posts them on her social media accounts. Peltola said she had a great time walking in the Golden Days Parade in Fairbanks last month, beaming whenever she saw an attendee with a Palin or Begich sign.
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