democrat. so what happened question or two republicans split the rest of the boat. one is sarah palin who is a polarizing figure. the other republican, nick could have won a head-to-head matchup except who was eliminated by the rank choice system. so advocates of rank choice say this system produces candidates that are a better reflection of the will of the electorate. but in alaska it seems to have done just the opposite. paul: all right alicia. practice the mr. new york state in its infinite progressive with sims giving first priority to pop licenses to people who been formally convicted of cannabis offensive. the state strategy is to basically strangle small businesses that abide by laws with regulation and taxes while rewarding those lawbreakers with the subsidies. newsflash, people do not want to live in a sanctuary state for potheads. carson going to be hit to virginia governor glenn young
alaskan voters feel she has kind of gone national and kind of forgotten about alaska. twi it will be interesting to see what happens tonight. lisa murkowski, she s got a republican challenger, but they have a rank choice system, it is likely that two republicans, murkowski and tshibaka come out of this race. where does that race stand in the fall, does murkowski have the votes there? yeah. i think we have seen murkowski overcome a challenge before. she went through a write-in campaign, has roots in that state, name i.d. in her state, but donald trump has a grip on certain sector of republicans. she ll make it through the top four voting system for the fall. but it is that time that we ll see donald trump put real pressure and exact that rerveng
election, you had the top four candidates. there was a fourth candidate who you don t see on the screen, al gross, who also advanced. he was sort of aligned with democrats. gross dropped out of the race, got his name off the ballot. there are going to be three names on the runoff ballot for the special election today in alaska. voters, what they re doing, is ranking them, my first choice, second choice, third choice. here is the expectation for how this is going to play out with only three candidates on the ballot. one democrat, only 10% in the preliminary, but she ll pretty much monopolize the democratic vote. she may finish first in the count, and that ll create suspense. palin or nick begich. they re both republicans. which of these finishes second? that s a crucial question. in the ranked choice system, they ll do one, two, three. whoever finishes third will be