Explainer: Alaska’s March 5 Republican Presidential Preference Poll happens Super Tuesday

1. Where do you go in Talkeetna? Kind of forgot the rail belt I guess they don’t need our votes.

   • They may not have had any volunteers in Talkeetna. Look at the Division of Elections map link in the story to find the closest place. – sd

   • I would recommend the Wasilla Sr. Center if you can handle the drive.

     • So the party does not want any support from the railbelt, the last time it was centralized in willow.

2. The story isn’t who will be in. It’s how badly Haley will lose.

3. Do I have to change my status from independent to republican to participate?

   • Yes, and you can always change back later. – sd

     • This is what all the democrats will be doing for Haley just like they did in South Carolina!

       • Ginny: That didn’t really play out that way in 2016, but we are living in different times, for sure. – sd

         • I wasn’t talking about back in 2016. I was talking about the 2024 primary. Steve Bannon on War Room aired a discussion with a reporter that was at a polling place who reported talking to a democrat that admitted registering as a republican to vote for Haley.

           • G – I’m sure it happens. – sd

4. Thanks for the info!

5. Remember that this is just a POLL. Its not written in cement that the people on the list will be on the ticket. It is an overview of some people voting for certain few. Does this POLL matter? Not really! The big question is who will take the primary in August. That is the target for ads. Being a part of this POLL is setting up the ads.

   • You know the way I look at this DK? It is a wake up call for people to be paying attention to what is going on. Maybe it is not that important; but why did Haley hire a campaign team and built her list of endorsers? Something is going on with that – not sure what. We need to say, “Hey! We are watching you and will be holding you publicly accountable!”

     • Haley is hanging on in case the swamp manages to keep DJT out of the election in Nov …. imo.

       • I agree. Too bad for the people in this state who have shown which side they are on by agreeing to be part of tricky Nikki’s campaign and on her endorser list. Names not to be forgotten!

6. We are only given 5 hours over one day (a work day nonetheless) to vote our preference–how does this encourage participation? Is this just so the State GOP handlers can control the outcome? This is a Luddite way to hold a nominating vote.

   • Bill – It is the alternative to going to a gymnasium and standing around in different corners to indicate your preference, which is how everyone used to do it and how some states still do it. Over 23,000 Republicans took part in the ballot-caucus in Alaska in 2016. It’s not perfect. – sd

   • I did this at the Shriners Hall on NLB years ago (2016?)
     It was good (but in the evening)
     I took two kids w/ me & we had a nice talk w/ Loren Leman.
     It was nice to meet other conservatives in this liberal (ANC) cesspool.

   • It’s a work day, but after work hours. Do you have to have everything handed to you on a silver platter?

7. Suzanne, thank you so much for providing this information! This is an important year and people need to be awake, watching what is going, and getting involved. This year may be the last year we ever get to vote if people do not stand up and make their voices heard!
   Everyone: the question to repeal rank choice voting has been approved to be on the ballot! We all need to vote to repeal rank choice voting! Thank you Phil Izon for making this happen!

   • So you like run offs? That would be crazy given your organization.

     • My organization? I don’t belong to any organization. Are you referring to how I organize my thoughts when I write or what? I don’t understand.

       • Your politics.

8. The Republican Party in Alaska is acting just like the FAKE REPULICANS in the Senate and House on the federal level. They ARE NOT Republicans – They are the UNIPARTY TRAITORS that are destroying our Nation. If we allow them to do so, it is on us. We have been SOLD OUT by the corrupt, traitorous elites and political class that we so foolishly believed represented us. These jerks need to be removed from office by every LEGAL means possible to save this Nation

   • So I assume you are not an active member of the Republican Party, just a complainer. Too bad. You can only change things from the inside, not the outside (complaining and not activating)!

     • Sally, I have been active in the Republican Party and that is when I discovered that, for the most part, they do what the national party does. The National Party pretty much supports the uniparty.. I agree with you AK907!

9. I don’t see any information about district 40-T. Anyone know where I should look?

   • KB – There is no district chair for the Republicans in D-40, so it apparently is not organized to have a PPP. The district is heavily democratic and often the Republicans cannot find a chair. Districts 38, 39, downtown Anchorage D-19, and Sitka-Klawock D-2 also don’t have district chairs. -sd

10. You left out the location for District 8 in Sterling. It’s at the Sterling Community Center, 38377 Swanson River Road, Sterling, AK 99672, from 3-8pm on Tuesday, March 5. Also note that all polling places will accept votes from out of district. You can go to your nearest polling location and vote, even if you don’t live near there.

    • We are posting what we got from the GOP, which may be incomplete, but it’s what we have. – sd

11. Home now from casting my preference ballot. The crowd was large, District 16. The Nick Begich squad had a table set up right next to Bronson’s

12. Thank you so much, Suzanne! I was so confused, but this article cleared everything up for me. Good writing:)

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