Alaska's Political Pipeline

Latest Episodes:

Ranked Voting is tabulated in Alaska and the major races are settled Nov 24, 2022

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Mary Peltola, Lisa Murkowski and Mike Dunleavey all win re-election. Rank the Red worked, sort of and if you think election season is over, stand by for yet another ballot fight, this time over ranked voting.

Plus our AI expert got the election exactly right and rejoins the podcast to explain why her methods work better than traditional polling.

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We've got the political math. Where do Alaska's elections stand after election day? Nov 11, 2022

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We delve into the numbers and examine what it takes for the Congressional and Senate candidates to keep their current leads or catch up. And has Governor Dunleavy locked his re-election up?

Peltola, Palin, Begich, Tshibaka, Murkowski, Dunleavy, Gara and Walker all still in it for now.

Plus, how did the NO forces sweep to such a blowout on the ballot question of a Constitutional Convention?

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Election Day is almost here. A debate review and a look at what issues are resonating on social media Nov 02, 2022

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We review the Senate and Congressional debates, look forward to how election day will be covered, when votes will be counted and we have a special guest, a marketing and political expert who uses Artificial Intelligence to study how candidates are perceived and what issues are working for and against them. She did a special study of the Alaska races for Alaska's News Source.

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Alaska's Political Pipeline: Debates, the Constitutional Convention Vote and what Americans think about the news media and democracy Oct 21, 2022

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The Alaska Governor's Debate is done. We review that gathering and preview the Senate and Congressional Debates coming next week.

What issues do voters want to hear about? And what about the vote on whether to hold a Constitutional Convention?

We also tackle the difficult issue of what Americans and Alaskans think about the job the news media does.

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Alaska's Political Pipeline: Races for Governor and Senator Oct 03, 2022

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This episode, we examine the Alaska Senate and Gubernatorial races, look ahead to the October debates and talk about out of state money going into TV and social media ads. Rebecca Palsha and David Bernknopf co-host.

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Alaska's Political Pipeline: The Congressional Race Sep 15, 2022

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The latest episode of the Alaska’s Political Pipeline podcast looks at the next round of the Peltola-Palin-Begich congressional race. Rebecca Palsha and Producer David Bernknopf also discuss how folks in the lower 48 seem to have trouble taking salmon seriously and how families are taking a central role in the campaign.

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