In their latest effort to woo voters in Alaska, the Alaska Democratic Party writes that former President Donald Trump only has 47% support among likely voters in the state.
The Democrats are breathless: “This is HUGE, —–!” the party writes. “A Democrat has not carried Alaska in a presidential election for 60 years. Donald Trump carried Alaska by nearly 15 points in 2016 and went on to carry the state by just 10 points in 2020,” the party said in its fundraising request.
The Democrats then cited polling conducted by Alaska Survey Research, which shows Alaska in play for a win by Harris. That is the same polling company that predicted Trump would win by 6 points in Alaska in 2016, when he actually won by 15 points. Alaska Survey Research predicted Trump would win by 4 points in Alaska in 2020, when he won by 10 points.
But the Democrats spoke too soon. Alaska Survey Research’s prediction about how Trump and Harris will fare in Alaska is not what the Democrats are saying it is.
The latest ASR poll actually shows Trump with 52% support, Harris at 43%, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at 6%.
Kennedy has endorsed Trump but will remain on Alaska’s ballot.
Alaskans will have an opportunity to play the “rank-the-candidates” game on their ballots. This will be the first presidential election in Alaska to use the ranking system. There are eight presidential candidates and in the ranking game, voters can rank one, all of them, or just one. There are tricks to the ranked-choice voting system, because if voters don’t do it exactly right, their ballot may be tossed.
In fact, there are more ways to screw up the presidential ballot in Alaska, due to the sheer number of candidates.
Even so, the Alaska Division of Elections is here to help. In a mailer sent out to all registered voters in Alaska that explains how to play the rank-the-candidate game when they vote, the Division has generously showed the name of “Harris” among all the imaginary candidates voters would choose from.
And the Division has helpfully marked Harris’ name as its first choice, just in case low-information or low-literacy voters need a bit of help in marking their ballots.
“It’s clear that Alaskans are sick and tired of Trump’s extremism and divisive rhetoric. It’s time we elect a real leader who is focused on improving the lives of hard-working families – not stoking chaos and division. We can’t do it without you,” the Alaska Democratic Party writes to its base, looking for those donations to improve its odds of winning.
Having the help of the Division of Elections is just icing on the cake.
Read about the Division of Elections’ propaganda mailer in this report from Oct. 1, 2024:
Low-information, low-literacy voters. You mean Republicans Suzanne? Since many on that side seem incapable of grasping RCV, I can only assume those are the people you are talking about in this article. There’s almost zero chance Trump would lose Alaska, but it would be worth it if only to watch peoples heads explode in the comments section of MRAK.
I hope to see the democrats crying and moving to another state like california.
And yet none of these Democrats, including Harris herself, can tell you what her policy positions are, because even she doesn’t know.
And yet Democrats are breathlessly eager to vote for her.
Think about that next time you’re tempted to argue with a Democrat…..