McKinley out, Denali in

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Originally Posted by August

What is meant by blocking? Being unable to make a decision is one thing but actively blocking or forbidding a change to something that was decided upon long ago is another.

As far as I understand, it was essentially turned into a partisan issue by northern Republicans with a historical connection to President McKinley. As their voters could largely care less about that particular issue, they could afford to continue stalling any efforts and campaigns to rename it by their own self-interest, regardless of petitions made by Alaskans.