Nate Silver after crowing about Limestone County being closer: “With 88 percent of the votes now reported in Limestone County, Moore’s lead has expanded to 24 points — slightly better than the benchmarks he needs in a 50/50 race.”
Oops? Eh, Nate?
| Votes | Rounded % |
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| Moore | Rep | 75,384 | 50 |
| Jones | Dem | 73,177 | 49 |
15% reporting (324 of 2,220 precincts)
| Votes | Rounded % |
||
| Moore | Rep | 88,671 | 51 |
| Jones | Dem | 84,378 | 48 |
17% reporting (375 of 2,220 precincts)
Jefferson County does not look good for Roy Moore. Anyone know anything about Jefferson county?
| Votes | Rounded % |
||
| Moore | Rep | 112,867 | 52 |
| Jones | Dem | 101,972 | 47 |
21% reporting (461 of 2,220 precincts)
Politico -
https://www.politico.com/interactives/elections/2017/alabama/special-election/dec-12/
Precincts reporting: 21.0%
R
Roy Moore
51.9%
113,446 votes
D
Doug Jones
46.8%
Ever notice how heavily democrat districts always get their returns in about 15 seconds after the polls close? Same here in PA...Philly and Pittsburgh returns are always in impossibly quick. Maybe it’s because the rest of us actually don’t know the tallies until after we count the votes.
| Votes | Rounded % |
||
| Moore | Rep | 128,025 | 53 |
| Jones | Dem | 112,318 | 46 |
23% reporting (518 of 2,220 precincts)
Moore up by 8% with 25% of the vote in according to the NYT.
I enjoy election night forums, and watching ‘Concern Trolls,’ and somehow ( I must be psychic ) being able to guess who the Non-Contributors are.
| Votes | Rounded % |
||
| Moore | Rep | 168,243 | 52 |
| Jones | Dem | 151,114 | 47 |
30% reporting (677 of 2,220 precincts)
It’s over, Moore won easily. Anyone want to bet? 20 bucks, I’ll pay via pay pal.
| Votes | Rounded % |
||
| Moore | Rep | 223,600 | 52 |
| Jones | Dem | 200,046 | 47 |
41% reporting (903 of 2,220 precincts)
Roy Moore leads by 6 percentage points over Doug Jones with 54 percent of precincts fully reporting.
| Votes | Rounded % |
||
| Moore | Rep | 301,962 | 52 |
| Jones | Dem | 266,985 | 47 |
54% reporting (1,209 of 2,220 precincts)
| Votes | Rounded % |
||
| Moore | Rep | 350,192 | 53 |
| Jones | Dem | 303,232 | 46 |
62% reporting (1,372 of 2,220 precincts)
Roy Moore leads by 7 percentage points over Doug Jones with 62 percent of precincts fully reporting.
Roy Moore
Republican
350,192
52.8%
Doug Jones
Democrat
303,232
45.7
Total Write-Ins
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9,679
1.5
Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
Refusing to send out results. Birmingham was reporting out, but frozen now.
The others have something like 3/90 approx reporting.
Birmingham has 63 of 172 reporting.
Wer’e talking about a lot of votes hanging out there.
Compare the map to 2016 election results. Jones is picking up Trump counties:
https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/alabama/