Alaska’s presidential election allows voters to rank up to 8 candidates

Stickers await voters astatine Anchorage City Hall, an early voting location, connected Aug. 19, 2024. (Adam Nicely/Alaska Public Media)

Alaska’s first classed prime statesmanlike predetermination will see 8 candidates, according to nan last roster approved by nan Alaska Division of Elections.

Because Alaska’s top-four superior predetermination doesn’t use to nan statesmanlike race, voters will beryllium capable to rank each 8 options if they take to do so.

The first ballots for nan Nov. 5 wide predetermination are already being printed and are scheduled for mailing to world voters starting Friday.

On nan beforehand of nan ballot are 8 options for president:

• Democratic campaigner Kamala Harris
• Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• Libertarian Chase Oliver
• American Solidarity Party nominee Peter Sonski
• Independent Jill Stein
• Constitution Party nominee Randall Terry
• Republican campaigner Donald Trump
• Aurora Party nominee Cornel West

Kennedy announced in August that he would beryllium suspending his statesmanlike run and that he was endorsing Trump, but his run grounded to region his sanction from Alaska’s ballot aft nan August superior election.

Nationally, Stein is nan Green Party’s statesmanlike candidate; nan Green Party of Alaska is unaffiliated pinch nan nationalist Green Party. 

Alaska will beryllium nan 2nd authorities to usage classed prime voting successful a statesmanlike election, pursuing Maine’s acquisition successful 2020.

But Maine’s acquisition is incomplete; its 2020 predetermination didn’t request to usage classed prime tabulation because nan winners of that predetermination had astatine slightest 50% of nan vote.

In Maine, arsenic successful Alaska, if a campaigner earns much than 50% of nan first-choice votes, they triumph without a request for classed prime tabulation.

Maine distributes its Electoral College votes by legislature territory and by statewide vote. In 2020, Democratic campaigner Joe Biden won nan statewide ballot — worthy 2 Electoral College votes — and 1 of nan state’s legislature districts, while Republican campaigner Donald Trump won nan different legislature district.

In each 1 of Alaska’s statesmanlike elections since 1992, nan victor of nan authorities has earned much than 50% of nan wide vote.   

Four years ago, Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump won Alaska’s 3 Electoral College votes aft earning 52.8% of nan state’s statesmanlike votes. Democratic campaigner Joe Biden had 42.8% of nan ballot here. 

Four years earlier that, Trump earned 51.3% of nan vote. 

Back successful 1992, independent campaigner Ross Perot claimed 28.4% of nan state’s statesmanlike vote. Eventual winner, and Republican nominee, George H.W. Bush had 39.5% of nan state’s vote.

The only different clip that a campaigner won pinch little than 50% of nan state’s ballot was successful 1968, erstwhile Richard Nixon took 45.3% of nan tally. 

Alaska has voted for a Republican statesmanlike campaigner successful each predetermination since statehood isolated from for 1964, erstwhile Democrat Lyndon Johnson won arsenic portion of a nationalist landslide.