That was a big part of my assessment. I think if it was another year with another non-gadfly republican in that Peltola would have won.
Wiki has the RCV totals up. There were 4,021 undervotes out of 17,155 votes for eliminated candidates. Works out to a rate of 23%.
Not a shocking result but it's frustrating. A slightly better year and she would have held on and would be better positioned to run for senate in the future. On the bright side, the modern penalty for a once-loser has been relatively minimal and we've seen candidates who successfully move up from their initial target, because they didn't have any currently held seat to lose (eg Ossoff).
That was a big part of my assessment. I think if it was another year with another non-gadfly republican in that Peltola would have won.
Wiki has the RCV totals up. There were 4,021 undervotes out of 17,155 votes for eliminated candidates. Works out to a rate of 23%.
Not a shocking result but it's frustrating. A slightly better year and she would have held on and would be better positioned to run for senate in the future. On the bright side, the modern penalty for a once-loser has been relatively minimal and we've seen candidates who successfully move up from their initial target, because they didn't have any currently held seat to lose (eg Ossoff).