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Fox News Poll: Enthused Democrats give Jones lead over Moore in Alabama
Fox News ^ | December 11,2017 | Dana Blanton

Posted on 12/11/2017 8:01:01 AM PST by Hojczyk

Democrat Doug Jones holds a 10-point lead over Republican Roy Moore among likely voters in deep red Alabama.

Greater party loyalty plus higher interest in the election among Democrats combined with more enthusiasm among Jones supporters gives him the advantage in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

That’s according to a Fox News Poll of Alabama voters conducted Thursday through Sunday using traditional polling techniques, including a list-based probability sample with both landlines and cellphones.

Jones receives 50 percent to Moore’s 40 percent, with 1-in-10 undecided (8 percent) or supporting another candidate (2 percent) -- which could make a difference Tuesday. That’s even truer with such an unconventional election with unconventional candidates.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; moorejones
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To: Hojczyk

Jones would have to have Obama like turnout from the Blacks to win and it isn’t going to happen.


61 posted on 12/11/2017 8:22:49 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: DoughtyOne
This is pure disinformation. It is intended to discourage Moore supporters, si they will skip voting.

Or cover up vote-fraud, as the Democrats and Republican Establishment cooperate to throw the election to Jones.

62 posted on 12/11/2017 8:23:04 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Revel

Alabama is a Red State, they aren’t going to steal the election.


63 posted on 12/11/2017 8:23:41 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: DoughtyOne

I’m thinking Moore supporters will be out to vote no matter what the fake news reports are saying. They are still angry at any democrat and should be taking the attacks against Moore as an attack against the Republic and themselves.


64 posted on 12/11/2017 8:23:52 AM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: NKP_Vet

And it will quickly disappear when Jones gets trounced by double digits. Fox will end up firing this firm.


65 posted on 12/11/2017 8:24:29 AM PST by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: Hojczyk

Fox goes fake, prepping for a Jones vote fraud victory


66 posted on 12/11/2017 8:24:47 AM PST by drypowder
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To: Hojczyk

Found this....

The polls

FOX News 12/7 – 12/10 1127 LV 3.0 40 50 Jones +10

Emerson 12/7 – 12/9 600 LV 3.9 53 44 Moore +9

Trafalgar Group (R) 12/6 – 12/7 1419 LV 2.6 51 46 Moore +5

Gravis 12/5 – 12/8 1254 LV 2.8 49 45 Moore +4

WBRC-TV/Strategy Research 12/4 – 12/4 3200 LV 2.0 50 43 Moore +7

CBS News/YouGov 11/28 – 12/1 766 LV 4.8 49 43 Moore +6

Washington Post 11/27 – 11/30 739 LV 4.5 47 50 Jones +3


67 posted on 12/11/2017 8:24:56 AM PST by COUNTrecount (If Harvey Weinstein's bathrobe could only talk.)
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To: Hojczyk
In the (seemingly unlikely) event that Moore loses the election we should demand Franken's immediate resignation from the Senate. (Moore has done his part by not taking a Senate seat. Now Franken must show the same good character the Moore did.)

On the other hand, if Moore wins we will see if Franken's word is worth a d***.

68 posted on 12/11/2017 8:25:52 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: drypowder

Nah, it’s just to drum up ratings to make it seem closer than it really is.


69 posted on 12/11/2017 8:25:52 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Hojczyk

I think this poll is way off.


70 posted on 12/11/2017 8:26:36 AM PST by freedom1st
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To: Hojczyk

95% chance of Doug Jones winning is what I take away from the article.

Based on history that’s unbelievably good news for Judge Moore.


71 posted on 12/11/2017 8:26:46 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: COUNTrecount
Fox is basing their poll on the view that Republicans are staying home because they have believed the media about Moore.

They are in for a shock!

72 posted on 12/11/2017 8:27:10 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: ilgipper

Good stuff, the clowns at Politico trying to explain the anomaly in the poll without giving it’s dopey readers a link to see the demographics in the actual poll. It’s almost like they are trying to hide the sample or something like that..

FOX News 12/7 - 12/10 1127 LV 3.0 40 50 Jones +10
Emerson 12/7 - 12/9 600 LV 3.9 53 44 Moore +9
Trafalgar Group (R) 12/6 - 12/7 1419 LV 2.6 51 46 Moore +5
Gravis 12/5 - 12/8 1254 LV 2.8 49 45 Moore +4
WBRC-TV/Strategy Research 12/4 - 12/4 3200 LV 2.0 50 43 Moore +7
CBS News/YouGov 11/28 - 12/1 766 LV 4.8 49 43 Moore +6


73 posted on 12/11/2017 8:27:12 AM PST by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness")
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To: TADSLOS

Even Fox Business has become unwatchable. Stuart Varney needs to STFU and actually report business news, for example.


74 posted on 12/11/2017 8:27:16 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Hojczyk
PEW show party identification for Alabama as 52 Rep, 35 Dem, and 13 Ind (Foofle "pew party affiliation by state").

Fox poll shows support as
Dem - 90 Jones 4 Moore
Rep - 11 Jones 81 Moore
Ind - 50 Jones 21 Moore

Jones
Dem .315 (.35 x .90)
Rep .057 (.52 x .11)
Ind .065 (.13 x .50)
Total .432

Moore
Dem .014 (.35 x .04)
Rep .421 (.52 x .81)
Ind .027 (.13 x .29)
Total .462

In order to show Jones up by 10 points, using the numbers the poll shows for party support, this polls had to oversample Democrats by a MASSIVE amount!
75 posted on 12/11/2017 8:28:26 AM PST by MMaschin (The difference between strategy and tactics!)
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To: DarthVader

See my #54. I really don’t think they attempt to model the population at all, they have a customer who is paying them to produce a certain outcome and they deliver. They may fiddle the weighting or sampling, or they may just flat-out make it up. It’s not illegal, it’s just a business and there are no ethical or legal standards governing polling (or more accurately, PR) companies.

Any business who hires marketing professionals to communicate the merits of their product does the same thing, but everyone knows it’s spin, hype, PR, advertising, BS - whatever you wish to call it. However when they attach the word “poll”, it somehow acquires some kind of magical validity.

I reject that. Polls are just a tool for influencing people under the guise of science. (Think “global warming hockey stick curve”).


76 posted on 12/11/2017 8:28:41 AM PST by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Hojczyk

And yet the Emerson College Poll puts Moore at +9. Fox must be waaaay off.


77 posted on 12/11/2017 8:29:54 AM PST by Crucial
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To: Hojczyk

Fox News: “Democrat Doug Jones holds a 10-point lead over Republican Roy Moore among likely voters in deep red Alabama.”

And then there’s this:

Emerson: “A new Emerson Poll released on Monday shows that conservative Republican Roy Moore has increased his lead over liberal Democrat Doug Jones to 9 points, 53 percent to 44 percent, in tomorrow’s special election for the Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat” (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/11/commanding-lead-gop-judge-roy-moore-storms-out-to-9-point-lead-over-radical-democrat-doug-jones/)

Who to believe? That’s a 19 point discrepancy.

The Fox poll definitely goes against the most recent polls, which show Moore slowly building momentum and increasing his lead.

Should be an interesting night tomorrow evening.


78 posted on 12/11/2017 8:30:23 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: Hojczyk

This poll over samples Democrats by 5 points and under samples Republicans by 10%.

FOXNEWS polls have been very inaccurate for the past 2 years.


79 posted on 12/11/2017 8:30:42 AM PST by Ikemeister
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To: Truth29

Agreed. Their morning panel were besides themselves this morning over the Fox poll. NYC republicrats,


80 posted on 12/11/2017 8:30:43 AM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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