Posted on 11/12/2017 6:03:00 AM PST by Kaslin
There’s a new poll coming out today around 11 A.M. on the Alabama Senate race. It comes after a whirlwind week in the special election to decide who will replace Attorney Jeff Sessions’ vacancy. Supposedly, Harry Enten at FiveThirtyEight got wind that it will show Democratic candidate and abortion extremist Doug Jones in the lead. If true, how much? We don’t know, but given the nature of the Alabama electorate, it’ll probably be within the margin of error, or maybe a step of two outside of that. Then again, it could show Jones with a rather solid lead in a deep red state. Either way, many will see the race as tightening. It may be, but I still find it difficult to believe that Republican Roy Moore will lose this election.
As the Hollywood Left’s inner core is exposed as rotten with all of the sexual abuse allegations, one has hit Mr. Moore. Four women accused him of being inappropriate with them while they were teenagers, one has accused the Senate candidate of molesting her when she was fourteen and he was thirty-two. The three other women were sixteen and eighteen at the time.
Another AL-SEN poll tmmw https://t.co/5PS9FzpHIE— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 12, 2017
I can report (unless my sources have failed me) that tomorrow will showcase the first public poll to show Doug Jones with a lead in the AL-Senate race. This race is very real.— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 12, 2017
Here's another one... 48-46 Moore-Jones... Gravis. One day poll, but you get the idea this race is VERY close right now. https://t.co/rKMsXDFBL5— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 12, 2017
Change Research has Moore 44 - Jones 40 in AL-Sen. Conducted from Nov 9 - 11. pic.twitter.com/YlH1SozLLz— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 12, 2017
So, how will this impact the race? Will it sink Moore? Nate Cohn of The New York Times says it’s possible, but doesn’t see any signs to show that Moore is in trouble either. As for the Luther Strange write-in element, Cohn still says that the GOP is favored to win. Strange was the appointed GOP replacement upon Sessions’ resignation; Moore defeated him in the primary. In his interview with Slate, Cohn said, “I think Alabama is basically as tough as it gets for Democrats” (via Slate) [bold text indicates Slate’s questions]
What about the minority turnout in Virginia and what it might portend? More than one-fourth of voters in Alabama are black, and Democrats are absolutely dependent on them turning out.
Black turnout was higher than we expected, but it was by about as much as turnout was up statewide. So there’s not much reason to think that the black share of the electorate was greater than we anticipated, based on turnout by precinct. We entered the elections with fairly low expectations of black turnout in Virginia compared to a presidential election. And in Alabama, as you pointed out, that would be problematic for Democratic chances.
I am going to ask you to speculate, but how much do you think this scandal might affect Moore’s chances to be elected next month?
My honest answer is that I don’t know. Alabama is an extremely conservative state that is deeply polarized along racial lines. Hillary Clinton might not even have received 15 percent of the white vote in Alabama last year. For Doug Jones to win, he might need to double that number. So this is not an easy task at all for the Democrats.
I am certainly open to the possibility that these allegations are enough to be a serious burden on Roy Moore’s chances, especially given that he has already shown some electoral weakness in Alabama in the past. But I don’t see any reason to assume he is in serious jeopardy either.
There has been some talk of a Republican write-in candidate, such as Luther Strange, who lost the Republican primary to Moore. That would make it a three-candidate race. What impact do you think that might have?
That’s also really tough to say. The thing I would want to point out, though, is that Alabama is a state where the Republicans would be favored even in a three-way race with two Republicans and a Democrat. Hillary Clinton received 34 percent of the vote in Alabama. The Democratic path to victory would require the Republicans to split the vote almost evenly. If a Republican had even a modest advantage among the two of them, that would be enough to swamp a 34 percent vote share.
Now Doug Jones is a relatively strong Democratic candidate, and Democratic turnout has been good in recent elections. And the polls have shown Jones in the low 40s, which is considerably better than Hillary Clinton. To the extent that that 41 or 42 percent vote share that polls imply is a result of moderate Republican voters who can’t vote for Roy Moore, then I think he would probably lose a lot of that support to a more typical Republican like Luther Strange. If that’s a reflection of higher Democratic turnout and enthusiasm, which I think is at least possible to some extent, then maybe Doug Jones would keep more of that vote share in a three-way race.
So, there you have it. Even with these new poll results, the favorite is still Moore, even with these allegations. Moore has seen his support among fellow Republicans evaporate, with the National Republican Senatorial Committee nixing their fundraising operations for him as well. Moore has denied the allegations and refused to step aside. The special election will be held on December 12.
Polls = Fake News.
I'll be very surprised if it isn't a landslide for Moore after the Washington ComPost's/Jeff Bezos'/DNC's smear of this past week. Thanks Kaslin.
Go vote, regardless of what polls say.
Who conducted this poll, and what is its track record?
Pollsters are still basking in the glow of Hillary’s 12-pt win over Trump......
I don’t think doing nothing and taking the higher ground works in this case for Moore.
Good point. His political brand is being a fearless fighter. Going on defense may just cost him the election.
Remember - after swearing in, Moore can resign and be replaced with a Republican by the Governor. If he withdraws or loses, this does not work. He has to win!
Trying to instill doubt and resignation into the Republican voters...
If nothing else, this fake, slanderous “scandal” will energize conservatives to come out in droves for Moore.
How about this....Strange resigns...Moore is appointed....then....IF THINGS GET TOO HOT Moore resigns and we start all over?
Mortimer Wentworth’s Polls and Fine Cheeses shows that unwashed Neanderthal Moore trails anointed satrap by more than 121 percent.
More polls; these say Roy Moore has double digit lead:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3603971/posts?page=1#1
Roy told Hannity he was leading by double digits is why they are smearing him, they Roy says are desperate.
I heard the whole interview and then I send Roy’s campaign
a donation. I don’t believe it any more than when they did the same thing to Herman Cain, Trump, Justice Thomas.
Dirty politics. That is all it is.
Consider the source. Consider the source. Consider the source.
ROFL...whose poll? Democrats running scared and polling in there areas. SO MUCH BS GOING ON NOW! I highly support pedophiles going to prison, however, these political hit jobs from Dems are not convictions nor presenting any real evidence, except from known LIAR, DEMOCRAT Activist in Hillary Campaign. HA, exactly like the Trump accusers hired by DNC!
“deeply polarized along racial lines”
Democrats using the race thing again. If Alabamans are polarized it’s because of democrat lies.
Bullshit!
Two new polls show Moore up double digits
The first survey, which was conducted entirely before noon local time on Thursday, shows Moore leading Jones by 50 percent to 39.2 percent with 10.8 percent undecided. That survey of 1,354 likely voters in the upcoming Dec. 12 special election has a margin of error of 3.5 percent.
The second survey, conducted Saturday evening—two days after the Post piece hit, roiling Alabama’s political scene—shows Moore and Jones with about the exact same percentages as before. Moore’s position in this second poll is 49.8 percent—meaning he only dropped 0.2 percent since the story hit—and Jones has only picked up 0.4 percent to reach 39.6 percent total. The second survey, which polled 1,536 likely voters with a margin of error of 3.3 percent, has 10.5 percent as undecided.
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