Trump knocks Alaska voting system: ‘How stupid are we to do this?’

President Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday to encourage Alaskans to vote for the Republican ticket in November and criticized the state’s voting system in the process.

Trump questioned why three Republicans are facing off against one Democrat in the November gubernatorial election, calling the system “stupid.” Alaskans approved a ballot measure in 2020 to create a nonpartisan primary election system where the top four vote-getters advance to a general election tallied with ranked-choice voting.

In November, Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins will face off against Republicans David Bronson, Treg Taylor, and Bernadette Wilson to be the next governor of Alaska. In the Senate race, former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) will face off against incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-Alaska), Republican Gerald Heikes and Dan J. Sullivan, who holds no party affiliation.

Trump will travel to Alaska next week for a rally in Wasilla aimed at boosting support for Republicans. Alaskans will have the opportunity to repeal the top-four, ranked choice voting system via a ballot measure in November, which Trump supports.

A previous effort to repeal the system narrowly failed in 2024 .

“We have the Corrupt Ranked Choice System of Voting, which shouldn’t be allowed in our Country and will, hopefully, be repealed in the November Vote,” Trump said in his post.

There is no evidence that ranked choice voting is corrupt. Two states — Maine and Alaska — use the system statewide while New York City and Washington, D.C., use it for their primary elections.

Trump also voiced his support for the incumbent Sullivan and Republican Nick Begich, who is running for the at-large House seat. The Senate race has become competitive in the historically red state as Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) forecasts the race “leans in favor” of Peltola. DDHQ said Begich is likely to win the House seat.

“Alaska needs Senator Dan S. Sullivan in the Senate, and Congressman Nick Begich, in Congress — That is a fantastic team,” Trump said.