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In reply to the discussion: Ok... Let's Try It This Way... Do YOU Think The Democrats Will Keep The Senate ??? [View all]Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)and I don't think we're losing Alaska. Mark has too good of a ground game, and nobody trusts Sullivan since he's an Outsider and has been working for the very unpopular Sean Parnell during his stay here.
National prognosticators are not taking into consideration Alaska's THREE liberal ballot-bait issues that will draw out people who ordinarily don't vote - Measure 2 to legalize marijuana, Measure 3 to raise the minimum wage, and Measure 4 to protect the Bristol Bay watershed from big mining operations (I.e., Pebble Mine). Anchorage has an additional ballot measure to overturn an unpopular anti union ordinance that was rammed through our assembly last year.
Gov. Sean Parnell is extremely unpopular and will lose. Even though his opponent was formerly a Republican now running as an Independent, his running mate is an Alaska Native Democrat who will also attract Native voters, traditionally Democratic. The GOTV effort in the villages has been off the charts.