Wrong. For years, Roy Moore has had just enough support among conservatives to win a primary for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and then win a general election against a Dim. But he had lost badly in two gubernatiorial races and squeaked by in the Republican primary, special election for senator.
His support has been thin for years in statewide elections and many conservatives do not like Moore, and that was the case well before the sexual misconduct allegations arose.
I voted for him yesterday only to try and keep a Dim from winning the seat, but that is the only reason I voted for him. There were many who voted for Moore for similar reasons, but not enough. Moore was, and always has been a very flawed politican and it's unfortunate that a confluence of odd events allowed him to become the Republican candidate for senator.
Moore's own flaws and Mitch McConnel are the reason for Moore's loss.
Moore’s own flaws and Mitch McConnel are the reason for Moore’s loss.
As bad as Moore was he still would have won had the GOPe not actively campaigned against him and refused to run negative ads against Jones. Shelby’s Anti-Moore media blitz last weekend was devastating. Jones used it to run a state wide robo call against Moore. With “friends” like that who needs enemies?
The twitter thread I posted says it best. Alabama voters let someone in who hates their values, prompted by the shame of a political hit.
Without that coordinated hit, he wins by well over ten points, in spite of what you said being true.