Ranked choice or not, the Democrat still won both rounds! That never could have happened unless a lot of Republicans voted for the Democrat, or maybe Republicans stayed home en masse, and Democrats plus the other party registrants went and voted almost all for the Democrat. That would have taken like 91% turnout for the Democrats and other party voters who all voted for the Democrat, and only 61% turnout for the Republicans who voted for Sarah.

Given the voter Party affiliation in Alaska, that was a rout.

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