The entire theory depends on ignoring the actual ideology on the ground and assuming Palin voters would just as soon vote for a Democrat.
It literally says the opposite, and there’s no assumption, it’s right there in the voting data. Begich beats Palin and Peltola one-on-one. I’m sorry that you’ve heard other people talk about this particular election in bad faith, but that’s not what I’m doing. We can talk about other particular RCV elections that had spoilers, if you like.
And you haven’t mentioned any other type of approval voting until now so yes that’s what was assumed.
I mentioned both regular approval and SPAV in my first comment. Maybe that’s where some of this confusion is coming from.
STV is also a multiple winner election system. Which is also incompatible with our Constitution.
Can you quote the section that prohibits multi-winner elections? At this point some of the things you’ve said have me believing you might an inauthentic account, unfortunately. I apologize if you’re an earnest American, but I have now have my doubts.