Because they have to say ‘Mississippi’ after each number.
Oh, wait… That was the other state.
My hunch is Peltola will get most of the second choice votes for other Dan. Maybe I’m too optimistic but the dual-Dan fiasco has been in the news for weeks and I doubt many people were confused. I think bizarro-world Dan picked up votes from people who want to register a protest vote against both parties but also don’t want to support Republicans this round.
And before anyone gets their shorts in too much of a bunch, I will remind you that there are FOUR candidates in the race. Current vote totals:
Mary Peltola (D) - 121,487
Dan S. Sullivan (R-I) - 117,512
Gerald L. Heikes (R) - 5,426
Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. (I) - 4,100
If all of the DJS votes were confused people, I’m sure they would have put DSS as their second choice. The real question is how many of the Heikes votes have DSS second and how many have Peltola. And we’re not going to know that for a while.
Looking at these number, if there was confusion between DJS and DSS, I would expect a lot more votes for DSS. Nope. This looks to me like some people actually paid attention and liked what DJS and Heikes said; Let’s see what the final results are. It’s really obvious that those two have no chance of winning, so the voter’s second (or third) choices are the real deciding factor. Are they voting R no matter what, or are they voting against DJS no matter what, or are they actually thinking about what each candidate has said.
Which one? Can you drive a stick?
I suspect he’s more into rummaging than driving.