A new ranked-choice voting system hampers Sarah Palin’s hopes
What happens when second preferences come into play
There are few parts of America where the migration of salmon is a political issue. Alaska is one of them. On August 16th voters in America’s largest, wildest state went to the polls to elect their sole member of the House of Representatives, a seat vacant since the death of Don Young in March. Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate, a fisheries manager, describes herself as the only politician “willing to fight back against the foreign and out-of-state trawlers that are decimating our king salmon”.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Gone fishing”
United States August 20th 2022
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