Scott C Dunn wrote an article on this election:
Just to summarize, had the victor been declared in the first round (plurality vote), Peltola would easily won. In the second round, she found a narrow victory. Sarah Pallin was still a viable contender in this race.
We could argue that--based on the first choices of the D and R primaries--that both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton received no more than 10% of the votes. But that is how the American primaries work. A minority eventually makes the decision.
If my memory serves me well, the 2016 election was Clinton 65m, Trump 2m, and Didntvote 108m. This means that Donald Trump only got approval of 26%.
Those "minority arguments" just don't work for me.
Same goes for the Electoral College. It is not an overly undemocratic process. It is the rules of the USA election for president. It can be changed. Until it is changed, it is the rules.
Sorry, I don't buy the logic that "my preference lost, so let's claim the rules are undemocratic."
People made their choice in the Alaska election. If they chose not to understand the rules (RCV is not that difficult) that is their fault. They will get better at this process in two or three election cycles.
In the meantime, the Alaska sky will not fall down.
BTW, I consider RCV and PR as modest improvements in western democracy. But we really need to get rid of all political parties.
