New NYT Poll Has Dems on Tsunami Watch as Republicans Try to Steal Alaska

COLUMBUS, OHIO - NOVEMBER 01: In an aerial view, voters wait in line on the last day of early i... COLUMBUS, OHIO - NOVEMBER 01: In an aerial view, voters wait in line on the last day of early in-person voting at the Franklin County Board of Elections on November 01, 2026 in Columbus, Ohio. Voters in battleground state Ohio are deciding House and Senate contests, as well as the race for governor that is considered a toss-up. Former Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and incumbent Republican Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) are in a close race while Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy faces Democratic opponent Amy Acton to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Ohio has set a record for early voting. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) MORE LESS

The last NYT/Siena poll of the cycle shows Democrats up big, which has liberals —well, to be honest, anxious, their default state since 2016.

Republicans are also responding in their typical way, dabbling in some old-school voter suppression — cutting polling locations, leading to appalling lines in big blue counties in Ohio and showing incorrect poll locations as recently as two days ago for mostly Black-majority areas in Mississippi — as well as the more modern attempts at Trumpian outright theft: Republican senators threatening not to seat Mary Peltola and meeting in federal court today to try to keep threatening election workers with criminal subpoenas.

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  1. It still isn’t illegal, but this does not look good at the moment.

    https://electionlawblog.org/2026/inside-democrats-secret-effort-to-stack-alaskas-ballot/

    In the summer of 2025, a staffer for Mary Peltola, the Alaska Democrat who was eyeing a run for Senate, received unusual instructions from top campaign aides: Find as many people named Dan Sullivan in Alaska as you can.

    Based on “interviews and emails”. So maybe, maybe not. Needs to be looked at.

  2. Caravans of Canadians!! You can smell the maple syrup from Kansas City!! So nasty!! They’re all wearing denim jackets stuffed with Chinese bamboo ballots filled in for Democrats!! They’re setting up roadblocks on the highways and only letting white guys pass if they can name a dozen contestants on RuPaul’s Drag Race!!

  3. Avatar for gajake gajake says:

    A little further into the article:

    “Ballot-stacking tactics are common in politics and generally considered legal — and have been employed by both parties in Alaska.”

    The NYT is offended, I guess, that Democrats would use the same legal dirty tricks that get Republicans elected. I don’t really care.

  4. WHO CARES, Its not illegal!!!

    Shady- yes.

    Illegal - how?

    The Incumbent Senator has the word “INCUMBENT” next to his name.

    Correct?

  5. Is there a point at which the federal government can be liable for damages for wasting states’ time and resources?

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