The #Alaska results might indicate #RankedChoiceVoting supports less divisive and more moderate candidates.
Mary #Peltola (Dem) wins over Sarah In-What-Respect-Charly #Palin (Rep). Trump-backed Kelly #Tshibaka (Maga) loses out against incumbent senator Republican Lisa #Murkowski (also Rep).
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/murkowski-peltola-reelected-alaskas-ranked-choice-voting-abc/story?id=93854516

@dougdougdoug As an Alaskan and general #RankedChoiceVoting fan, I'm perplexed about this particular bit of our implementation. Because it's currently obvious that #Murkowski is going to handily beat #Tshibaka. And yet, even data-sophisticated sites like #FiveThirtyEight show that race as close. And I think that's just because they're trying to work only with available data.

Why does #Alaska insist on finalizing its 1st-round count before revealing any 2nd or 3rd choices? It wouldn't be hard to reveal how many voted Begich Palin Peltola, how many voted Begich Peltola Palin, etc. Waiting until they can announce 1st-round results makes #RankedChoiceVoting (#InstantRunoffVoting) seem far more complicated and burdensome than it is. And it feeds into misunderstandings like "#Murkowski is behind #Tshibaka," when she's not not really "behind" in what counts. #RCV #IRV