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Time ago. alaska uses ranked choice voting in which voters rank their preferred candidates in order. since no candidate got more than 50% of the vote in these races, it went to an instant runoff, where the candidates with the fewest votes were eliminated. and their votes went to the next candidate choice, until a winner was announced. and in the case of alaska's single house seat, brought an end to the race that is the former governor of the state, and the republican whose grandfather once held. and the democrat mary peltola who first one the house seat in an august special election to serve o...

Basically has done everything he can to cozy up to trump, and run in pennsylvania, even though he is from new jersey. we were seeing these kinds of flood candidates basically carrying the trump banner in the midterms. i think they will pay a price for that. >> let me follow up on that question while there is time, senator, because i have read a few reports this week about a growing fear among top republicans that the party's nomination of deeply flawed candidacy, key senate -- could impair the results they weren't expecting in november and in states like pennsylvania, georgia and arizona. are ...

Voters over 65 just by two or three points and that could make an enormous difference in a midterm election. >> jason, you know i'm the biggest florida skeptic when it comes to elections there because they are difficult. we know david knows how to win it because he did it with president obama. florida can be won but it is always close. and that is my question to you, jason. because the democratic party in florida is not exactly always super savvy about these things, right? but there is a case that could be made, it's about also candidate choice, potentially charlie crist is on the ballot or th...

On the stage. it's disheartening. there's conversations about the campaigns themselves but i think the narrative of this issue from the very beginning has been about working class white males and that has an impact on candidate strategy, policy but also candidate choice. you have voters thinking, is that black man or african-american woman able to bring in white working class voters? my concern has always been that that narrative becomes disqualifying for some candidates and been very, very concerned about it and frankly i think that has been the -- has done them a disadvantage more than anyth...

Good job finding candidates who are just like conor lamb to pick off republican districts. in the same way that in pennsylvania they were picking someone, they picked conor lamb. usually it's the voters who's picking. in that case usually are going to pick someone much more extreme. >> bret: republicans are concerned. her senator flake. -- here is senator flake. we are testing the limits of trump-ism. we have to appeal to a broader electorate. if you can't win our race and a+-20 trump district, it's really going to be tough to win and purple states. >> bret: you can spin it but that's a fair s...