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UpInArms

(53,561 posts) Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:07 AM Nov 2020

What is the deal with Alaska? [View all]

Alaska Likely Rep
Elec. Votes: 3 Updated: Nov 4 / 12:34 PM 56% In

Trump (R) 108,231 62.9%
Biden (D) 56,849 33%

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No updates since November 4 ... and only 56% of votes counted?

Something doesn’t smell right.

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What is the deal with Alaska? [View all] UpInArms Nov 2020 OP

They're known Windy City Charlie Nov 2020 #1

Have they never held an election before? UpInArms Nov 2020 #2

Waiting on the senate race too... FM123 Nov 2020 #3

. Baitball Blogger Nov 2020 #5

Carville needs to stick to Louisiana where he is from. former9thward Nov 2020 #8

He claims that the remaining ballot is mail-in and strongly Democratic Dem2 Nov 2020 #12

They wait to count because many villages without roads need time to deliver votes Cicada Nov 2020 #4

Thank you UpInArms Nov 2020 #7

I guess, but... moose65 Nov 2020 #9

Some places are really remote MissB Nov 2020 #13

I get that moose65 Nov 2020 #14

Alaska? November? True Dough Nov 2020 #6

Dog sleds can't deliver the votes until the rivers freeze over? Dread Pirate Roberts Nov 2020 #10

Outside Fairbanks or Anchorage it's basically the 18th century in AK BannonsLiver Nov 2020 #11

A lot of remote Alaskan villages are accessible only by air meow2u3 Nov 2020 #15