Index

candidate characteristics 98 -99, 105, 106, 108 candidate ideology 157 -159, 158, 159 -candidate positioning 182 -185, 184, 185 -coalition politics 154 -156 competitiveness of elections 176 -179, 177, 178 education policy 163, 165 -gun control 164 -House Finance Committee 155 -issue positions 160 -165, 161, 162, 164, 165 -Permanent Fund Dividends (PFDs) 147 -149, 151, 152, 154, 160, 161 -Political Action Committee 168 -political establishment 179 -182, 179 -182 politics in 147 -149 -race in 149 -151 taxation 160 -161, 162, 166 -voter turnout 173, 175, 185 -188, 186, 188, 189 see also Top-4/RCV electoral system in Alaska Aldrich, J. 238