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It will be interesting to see. And even more interesting to see what happens when they run again in a few months, given that this was more or less a RCV practice vote. Probably fewer bullet voters next time, which may work in Begich's favor.

I understand that Alaskan culture places a high value on respectfulness, and that's why some otherwise Republican-leaning voters may have chosen Peltota second to Begich, since Palin ran a very negative campaign.

It's interesting to see Palin claim that Republicans lost because the vote was split. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sarah-palin-alaska-congressional-race-nick-begich-mary-peltola/ If she's right, this may be less the fault of RCV than it is the fault of the fact that people bullet vote.

@rb-j I think they made the same mistake someone who says "safety equipment prevents injury and death" makes, when they don't qualify it with "safety equipment prevents injury and death some of the time, but there are times when even using safety equipment won't prevent injury, because the world isn't perfect. So let's dwell on that latter case, rather than actually making progress by getting people to use safety equipment".

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I'm all in on the safety equipment manufacturer continuing to attempt to make the equipment better. I am not in agreement with discouraging people to wear it at all because it has a non-zero failure rate.

I continue to believe you are doing an overall disservice by dwelling on one failure that was the equivalent of the guy above getting a bruise or abrasion.

@rb-j Right, no problem. I have since read your description/ proposed legislation and I understand you describe the method for resolving Condorcet failures as a simply choosing the plurality winner. (which is fine, in my opinion, because they are so rare)