Early voting started today in Alaska

[Blue_In_AK]

and my husband and I were in line by 10:00 a.m. to cast our straight dem votes. Things seemed to be going smoothly with good turnout at the polling place we were at (there are three here in Anchorage).

I fully expect Alaska to go to Romney, but at least we did our parts.

[lumpy]

1. How do you think Alaska will go ?

Old Sourdough.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. I imagine Alaska will go to Romney

although I've seen zero polling. My main concern this election is for Alaska state legislature. Because of redistricting all but one of the legislative seats is up for election. We've had a bipartisan majority in our senate (10/10 split of R's and D's - some R's joined with D's to make a majority). Our oil shill governor hates this bipartisanship with a passion and has been actively campaigning against not only the dems but the republicans in the majority. It's an extremely important election because it will determine whether the gov gets to give a $2 billion a year tax break to the big 3 oil companies. The senators managed to hold him off last year, but if Sean's oily cronies get elected, it will be Corrupt Bastards Club all over again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_political_corruption_probe

[Hutzpa]

5. Why is it there is no polling on Alaska

it's as if every election states like Alaska are instantly put into the red column by polling organisation without any polling information.

I find this very disheartening.

[Blue_In_AK]

6. So do I.

But elections have been pretty well rigged up here since probably 2002. Our own BradBlog has done a lot of investigation into alaska's flawed elections. Anchorage's municipal election in April was a clusterfuck of major proportions.

[ellisonz]

2. I can't find any polling from Alaska.

I'd wager there's a lot of Paul Ryan fans up there though.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. I don't really think there are.

They like Romney because he's a businessman and this state runs on oil. I don't think most Alaskans have much use for Ryan's extremism on the social issues. By and large, we're pretty libertarian like a lot of low-population western states. We always rank toward the bottom in church attendance. Not to say we don't have our religious nuts, but they get a lot of push-back.

[ellisonz]

8. I meant more in the sort of reduce the size of government line of though. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

9. Well,yeah, there's some of that schizophrenic type of thinking here

which is pretty stupid when you consider the percentage of Alaskans who are federal employees.

[Jersey Devil]

3. My daughter & son in law voted absentee in Alaska

They have a house in Eagle River. He is active duty Air Force and currently stationed in North Carolina but they consider themselves Alaska residents.

Beautiful country! Can't forget visiting their home and standing on the front porch watching literally dozens of eagles perched in the trees and flying by.