Posted on 08/15/2017 4:01:37 PM PDT by SMGFan
Race Preview After weeks of ads, mostly on behalf of incumbent Senator Luther Strange, the votes start rolling in tonight after 8pm EDT. Strange faces strong competition from former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who has led him in the polling average by about 5-6 points, and from Huntsville Congressman Mo Brooks, who has trailed Strange in the average by a little over the same margin. If polling is correct, Strange and Moore will advance to the September 26th runoff. We anticipate the first results will roll in within thirty minutes of polls closing. We’ll have comparison charts and a county-by-county display above as those numbers roll in.
Not surprising. I don’t pit anything past the lying media and pollsters.
Alabama is open primaries. This is what happened in Mississippi, they accused McDaniel of racism, paid Dem voters to go to the polls, and sent ineligible voters (those who voted in first election) to the polls.
Scary.
NY Times calls it for Roy Moore and Lurch Strange,
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/alabama-senate-special-election-primary
My understanding is that the primaries were closed last year.
All the Never Trumpers on the warpath again tonight over Trump’s comments today. Unbelievable.
that’s great news Yardstick.
Now on to the run off.
Money vs honor.
He’s pretty deep in DEM rottenness in Alabama. (Doug Jones.)
Just had a Mississippi runoff déjà vu moment.
Alabama utilizes an open primary system
United States Senate special election in Alabama, 2017
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama,_2017
A runoff is just stupid: no way Strange can make up diff.
A 5% difference would be doable but 10% just isn’t. And everyone knows it.
caveat: I don’t see Trump making an all-out assault on Moore.
Ok. Should not be an issue if Brooks voters support Moore.
Yep and I expect them to be out in force as I would predict most of Brooks’ voters will go with Moore. The Ruling Class will be out in total force to work against Moore.
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So Dems who voted in their primary, which should be a large part of Dems who would interfere in a Republican runoff, can't vote in it.
Judge Moore will win the runoff. That’s not the story, trump will have a loyal Republican senator from Alabama, no matter what. The real story of this primary tonight is the dismal turnout numbers for the Democrat Party. Not all the votes are yet tabulated.
However...with 60% of all the votes, both Republican and Democrat, counted the Republicans had 225,000 votes, and the Democrats had only a paltry 84,000 votes. I suspect these numbers will worsen for the Democrats, as the final tally is reported.
Moore won big
“A runoff is just stupid: no way Strange can make up diff. A 5% difference would be doable but 10% just isn’t.”
You’re probably right. The primary vote between McDaniel and Cochran was very close, unlike this race. Nevertheless, don’t underestimate how many votes Haley Barbour & Co. can manufacture.
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