Jbug, I don't know where you'd get the idea that any large number of Alaskans would want to vote for Bristol just because she's from Alaska. Other than a few loyal old friends and die hard political supporters, the family is despised in the state. Alaskans were deeply embarrassed and humiliated by all of the Sarah Palin shenanigans, including the deplorable behavior of her daughters which continues today, with the recent incident on Facebook where they engaged in foul, derogatory language, and cyber bullying because someone didn't like their mother's reality show. http://www.tmz.com/2010/11/16/sarah-palin-willow-palin-homophobic-slur-facebook-attack-sarah-palins-alaska-dancing-with-the-stars-tlc/
Much of my personal dislike of Sarah Palin comes from feelings of humiliation and embarrassment as a long time Alaskan.
Reports like this are why I think the DWTS votes are coming from non-Alaskan, political supporters of her mother:
According to the Associated Press, there are in fact web sites that are championing Bristol and one blogger admits that he has been encouraging people to go around ABC's five vote per phone line, and five vote per email address rule.
According to the AP, conservative activist Kevin DuJan of HillBuzz.org wrote recently, "Start calling the moment the show starts ... After that, use someone else's phone to call the maximum times. Then ... randomly knock on neighbors' doors and use their phones to call, call, call, and then call some more."
He told the AP he didn't see a problem with his tactic. "If people want to have pajama-jammy-jams all night, having pillow fights and roasting marshmallows and voting, then why not," he told the news organization. "Isn't the winner supposed to be the one who has the most passion behind them? Well, this is passion."
http://www.etonline.com/tv/103053_Is_there_a_Dancing_with_the_Stars_Conspiracy/
Bouquet by c2p