Andrew Kitchenman

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Years and years ago I pitched an ADN podcast called “We’re No. 1” where each week we’d explore some statistical category where Alaska leads the nation. (Mostly not great stuff. But maybe also some fun episodes to be had on urban porcupine encounters or something)

@cinyc9 @alykaramazov @Thorongil16 I don't want to come across like I'm asking you to do the work, I just think the rural-turnout drop may have started in 2022, so it may not account for differences in 2022 and 2024 outcomes.

@kitchenman @alykaramazov I didn't compute 2022. @Thorongil16 did instead. He should have that data. I might have 2018 on my computer somewhere. I'd need to look. Generally, I've only done this for presidential years going back all the way to 1960.

One interesting piece of the AK puzzle: Turnout was only 93.9% of 2020. it was most down in rural areas & Anchorage. It was really only up in Mat-Su. I wouldn't pay that close attention to the other areas where it's over 100%, like Skagway & Denali. There's a technical reason.

@cinyc9 No, I had just missed that.

@kitchenman Because I'm taking votes in the Presidential race, not total ballots cast. Are they different from that?

@cinyc9 @alykaramazov Have you done a similar comparison between the 2018 and 2022 turnouts? My sense was that turnout was down across rural areas in 2022 as well, so the 2022 and 2024 electorates may be similar if one can account for the normal changes from off-year to presidential years.

@alykaramazov It's not a direct comparison to 2022 - at least yet. But yeah. The presidential-year electorate is different than the midterm electorate to begin with - and this one was different from the 2020 electorate, too.

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@ShanahStone @AlaskaBeacon It happens every election cycle with ballot measures, but doesn't always get a lot of attention. As the article says, it's required by state law.

@AlaskaBeacon This is weird. Since when does the State sponsor and hold public hearings for a ballot measures? #akelect

Public hearings planned for Alaska’s minimum-wage and ranked choice repeal ballot measures, reports James Brooks of the Alaska Beacon: buff.ly/4diWNnM

The current results on the Alaska Division of Elections site show 66,000 votes. The results of roughly 140,000 of 192,000 primary votes were announced on election night in 2022.

This article has been updated to reflect that voting has started in Anaktuvuk Pass.

3 rural Alaska precincts fail to open for primary voting after workers don’t respond to state, reports Andrew Kitchenman of the @AlaskaBeacon: alaskabeacon.com/briefs/3-rural… #akleg #akelect

Here's what you asked us to ask the candidates in Alaska's Aug. 20 primary election, says editor @kitchenman, via @AlaskaBeacon and @statesnewsroom. alaskabeacon.com/2024/08/12/ala…

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$83 million loan program for Alaska tribal and small businesses approved by U.S. Dept. of Treasury, reports Barbara Norton for the @AlaskaBeacon: alaskabeacon.com/2024/08/08/83-…

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I'm here as well.

The @AlaskaBeacon has published its 2024 Voter Guide, with 15 questions and answers from more than two-thirds of the candidates running for U.S. House and the Alaska Legislature. Read here: alaskabeacon.com/voter-guide/20… #akleg #akelect