Moore was a lousy candidate. When you look at Moore's electoral history, it is very obvious that Moore was not the strongest candidate the Reps could have nominated. In 2006 he only received 33% of the vote in the GOP primary for governor. In the 2010 GOP primary for governor, he came in fourth with 19% of the vote. Moore barely won his race for SC Justice with just 52% of the vote. In the 2017 special election he received 39% in the primary and 55% in the runoff. He lost to Jones garnering 48% of the vote.
If Luther Strange or Mo Brooks had been the nominee, the Dems would have lost. Moore was a polarizing candidate not just for the electorate at large, but also for the GOP. The lack of turnout can be attributed more to that fact than the attacks by the MSM.
Moore was not a bad candidate for Alabama. He sure talked the talk for the Religious Right. And he kept getting elected, even when he was shown the door.
He barely kept being reelected. The very high Dem turnout was the deciding factor. It was astonishing that Jones received almost as many votes as Hillary did in 2016.
Other factors: I don't know if you heard Hannity's interview with Moore re the alleged scandal. Despite Hannity trying to give him a friendly venue, Moore did a terrible job of defending himself. It hurt him among Rep voters and depressed turnout. Trump endorsed Strange initially, which also hurt Moore even after he secured the nomination.
When the primary took place, I voted for Mo.
When it came down to Strange versus Moore, I voted Strange, even though he got the Sessions seat through chicanery with the embattled ex-governor, Bentley. But Strange couldn’t beat Moore.
When Moore ran against Jones, I voted. I voted for Moore, of course.
I would never not vote. It is a bad choice, and voting is a civic duty.
They can't run of what they believe,socialism/communism so they copy us and pretend to be us only better.Since the drivebys are covering for them 24/7 many voters don't figure it out. So once again it's up to us to get the job done. We not only have to pick good candidates but let the moderates know what happens to a compromised dem candidates that wins. He becomes hard left over night. One thing we need to learn is never to try and convert the hard left. They are brainwashed,hopeless and hapless. Our targets should always be other conservatives first and moderates second. Bray wrote the book on all that.