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The Daily Beast reports:
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) managed to go viral on Wednesday night with a dubious claim about the election for Alaska’s U.S. House seat.
Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich lost out to Democrat Mary Peltola in the race to replace the late Rep. Don Young (R) on Wednesday in a vote which used ranked-choice voting, where voters rank candidates in order of preference.
Critics online pointed out that while 60 percent of voters chose a Republican, they didn’t choose the same candidate, and so many were worried about Palin’s potential election that they opted for a Democrat instead.
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This process was chosen by a majority of Republicans https://t.co/sxNwPiUBr0
— Tom Colicchio (@tomcolicchio) September 1, 2022
Apparently a Republican Senator thinks @GovernorVA scammed his way into office in a rigged electionhttps://t.co/Dab8wRAKrw https://t.co/Um0e87aESt
— RVA Politics (@rjmarr) September 1, 2022
Quite the contrary, Senator. Peltola secured the most votes and would have won under the former system, too. Ranked choice voting ensures the winner is acceptable to a majority of the electorate. That’s what happened tonight, and that’s the real story here. https://t.co/4tOHjqmoFX
— Dean Phillips ?? (@deanbphillips) September 1, 2022
Wrong. Again, Tom. Would love to see your tweet if Palin had won. And exactly how does #RCV “rig elections”, again? Typical BS claptrap and no facts. Defeat. It’s a real thing, Tom. https://t.co/IqEPQFATfc
— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) September 1, 2022
Now do the electoral college. https://t.co/PoSUCu8P0Y
— Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) September 1, 2022
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote
But thanks to an antiquated, bigoted process called the Electoral College and Russian election interference—which disenfranchise voters—an Orange Psychopathic Pumpkin “won” https://t.co/js0F1r9NRW
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) September 1, 2022
2.9 million more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump in 2016, but thanks to the convoluted Electoral College – which disenfranchises voters – Trump “won.” https://t.co/RnhAYbBNyX
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) September 1, 2022