text: I've actually been reading a lot of rants (yes, rants) from both sides here. I do think that you're correct in saying the posts here don't reflect the thoughts and feelings of most Alaskans, but I would argue that that's because most Alaskans are somewhere in the middle. It's no accident that our senior senator is one of the most (by some measures, simply the most) liberal Republicans in that body, and our most recent Democratic senator was one of the most conservative Democrats of the bunch.
  
  TL;DR: Most Alaskans are actually pretty moderate, and don't have time for the sort of petty partisan point-scoring you often see in forums like this one.