Democrat and former state Rep. Mary Peltola received Alaska’s particular congressional election on Wednesday, defeating Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III. On this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, senior elections analyst Nathaniel Rakich discusses why it’s tough to attract a broader conclusion concerning the political setting primarily based on the consequence. Later, senior politics reporter Monica Potts joins to debate why voters typically contradict their partisan beliefs with regards to voting on poll measures.