would have exceeded those of Peltola. This did not happen in the IRV election due to the way 15,000 Begich supporters marked their back-up preferences across party lines.

This may be observed when a candidate leads in the first count but is in the end unsuccessful. For example, in the 2009 Burlington, Vermont, mayoral election, if Kurt Wright, the Republican candidate who lost in the end, had not run, the Democratic candidate, Andy Montroll, would have defeated the winning