And they stayed home because the Republican establishment came out full force against Moore and even publicly donated to his opponent.
The analysts were predicting a voter turnout of 25%, which is big for a special election. The actual turnout was 37.5%, which is huge for a special election.
Most of the increase was on the Dem side. Jones got a vote count that climbed to near what Hillary got in 2016 (671K Jones, 729K Hillary).
The Dems turned out like it was a presidential election.