Roy Moore has regained the lead over Doug Jones, according to new polls

[TomCADem]

Source: Vox

The Alabama special election is two weeks away, and three recent polls now show Republican candidate Roy Moore is likely to win.

Jones had opened up as much as an 8-point lead in one mid-November poll taken in the days and weeks after the first women came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Moore. Now that gap has closed.

A JMC Analytics Poll released Wednesday that surveyed 650 registered Alabama voters Monday and Tuesday had Moore with a 5-point lead over Jones, 48 to 43 percent. About 4 percent of voters planned to write in a candidate, and about 5 percent remained undecided. Moore has made up ground: In another JMC Analytics Poll taken right after the Washington Post reported that Moore sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s, Jones was up 4 points, with 46 percent of voters planning to vote for Jones versus 42 percent for Moore.

That’s in line with two other recent polls. Change Research, in an online survey conducted Sunday and Monday found that Moore led Jones by 5 points, 47 percent to 42 percent among registered voters. About 7 percent of voters were undecided, and just shy of 4 percent said they would opt for a write-in candidate. The same firm conducted a November 15-16 poll that put Jones up by 3 points. Moore has since closed that lead, and then some.

Read more: https://www.vox.com/2017/11/29/16715636/roy-moore-lead-doug-jones-new-polls

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The power of white resentment.

[Moostache]

1. Proof positive that I will never voluntarily visit Alabama... (n/t)

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Me either, but I don't have a passport anyway.

[TomCADem]

3. GOP is Clearly the Party of Trump/Moore

Nt

[Shaddox]

24. I think you mean "time machine"

[Guilded Lilly]

4. Those who vote for this vermin are as vile as he is.

[louis c]

12. I sure would like to see a sarcasm avitar

you see, I can't determine whether this is your opinion or somebody else's.

Please clarify

[hatrack]

6. Well, what a shocker

Shit-kicking morons.

[democratisphere]

7. Alawhat?

[hadEnuf]

8. It's the 2016 election all over again.

Nothing has changed. Another grossly unqualified pervert and nut case will be elected, based on a rabid disinformation campaign aimed at the opposing party.

Something needs to happen or the midterms will go the same way. I'd bet the treasonous scum are already working on it.


What will it take to realize that we are literally at war with these anti-American treasonous bastards?

[bucolic_frolic]

9. They just don't believe the allegations

Sometimes ordinary folk aren't that informed about human nature, and resist anything that shakes their tree. They're being asked to conclude that a good ol' Christian boy is a molester. They think it a conspiracy.

[Freethinker65]

16. They do not care about any allegations. Their side has to WIN

It is like a sporting event to them. There could be pictures of him performing late term abortions and they would still support him over the other “team’s” candidate.

[TomCADem]

21. Living in the Fox/Breitbart White Supremecist...

...bubble. Sadly, that bubble gets larger each day.

[DangerousUrNot]

10. You gotta be shitting me!

It’s like I said before, just deny deny deny and you’ll be fine in the Republican Party. THIS IS LUNACY.

[not fooled]

11. What a bunch

of dumbasses.

Apologies to enlightened Alabamans.

[bluestarone]

13. like tRump he

could shoot someone on main st and still win

[Jarqui]

20. or grab a 14 year old by the p***y in the mall on Main street ... and still win

We have lost our way when our society cannot overwhelmingly reject certain kinds of behavior.

[Bettie]

14. Disgusting, but not

particularly surprising.

[Codeine]

15. I'm shocked.

[Honeycombe8]

17. Can't say I'm surprised. Not since Trump was "elected." nt

[heaven05]

18. I just have to

remember the outrage and soon, extreme disgust I had with the vicious 66million plus ameriKKKans on Nov. 9 2016 to say, this is no surprise.

[YOHABLO]

19. It's not just Alabamians. It's this new breed of white stupidity growing in this country.

[RKP5637]

53. Definitely, there is a whole new breed of white stupidity growing in this country. It's weird and

shocking.

[MANative]

22. Proving beyond a doubt that the defunding of education south of the Mason Dixon line worked...

Exactly as intended.

[oberliner]

23. He will not win

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Though it will be fairly close.

[Blue_Tires]

55. +1

[mountain grammy]

25. Sick.

[diva77]

26. There were polls late in the campaign that predicted Gillespie would beat Northam in VA too

I just hope the Dems are able to get out the Alabama vote in landslide proportions for this race.

[rtracey]

27. well

Well, this is what Alabama thinks of women...Sorry ladies, but you are apparently second class citizens in Alabama, and too bad, but this sentiment seems to be spreading throughout this country everytime Fuckump says or does something against women. I do hope this, and this horrendous tax plan is a turning point in our country and in the up and coming elections. We need the women to fight for your rights.

[Liberalagogo]

28. The Fix is in

n/t

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

29. I used to live in Alabama.

Emphasis on the word "used."

[chowder66]

30. Their children are going to suffer when predators see this as a pass to molest children.

It will eventually spread if it hasn't started yet.

[SunSeeker]

31. The Pedophile Party.

[still_one]

32. While this doesn't surprise me, I think the write-in candidate Lee Busby is taking votes away from

Jones, and that was my concern when he entered the race.

I think it would be much closer, but like most third party candidates, the only thing they usually accomplish is being the spoiler, and other than perot, third party candidates have handed victory to republicans

[MarcA]

35. Very good point. Just like in Maine.

[still_one]

40. and just as crazy as LePage. The only variable that changed was the write-in candidate entering the

race

[dalton99a]

39. +1

[Docreed2003]

33. They...dont...care...about...the....allegations

They see all of this as some sort of made up attack on Moore for his “faith”. They are emboldened because of this. All these allegations did was confirm to the evangelical voter exactly what they’ve heard from the pulpit for years: there are those who will accuse and assault you for your faith and you must take a stand for “God” in the face of these attacks.

It’s sick, it’s beyond comprehension but having grown up in that culture I can assure you that these brainwashed fucks will line up in droves to vote for “their guy”, and Moore is playing them like a fiddle for his own purposes because he knows how to fire them up.

[TomCADem]

37. This Is Only Possible Because Fox/BreitBart/Rush...

...can pretty provide a bubble that is hermetically sealed against facts and reality and bolstered by stoking white resentment and hate.

[Docreed2003]

43. Exactly!

The only caveat I would add is...yes, all those sources have fueled this fire, but the sentiment has been brewing for years, dating at least to the late 70’s early 80’s in the evangelical community. This is the culmination of the evangelical political movement, despite the hypocrisy. In their world: “Liberals are of the devil....”. I exaggerate but it not that far from the truth

[yuiyoshida]

34. How do we know the election is not rigged in his favor??

[Dr_Pretorius]

36. Alabama

Sometimes, I wish we had just let the South secede and form their own little banana republic. After the abysmal failure that would have been, they would have crawled back and begged to be let back in.

[GulfCoast66]

38. Well, all the white liberals and African Americans in the south say...

Fuck that noise. And what is this ‘wish WE had just let the South secede’? What, are you 180 fucking years old? Did you even have family in the civil war?

If you gain a sense of superiority based on where your Mother happened to deliver you, well bless your heart.

[Dr_Pretorius]

41. "We" as the American people in a historical context

I've lived in many places during my life, including the Deep South. I chose not to live there permanently.

I'm aware there are many good people in the South. It just seems the divide is still there and, in many ways, the majority of the population in the South is impeding the nation's progress.

Where in my post did I claim superiority based on my birthplace? That is a frivolous personal attack. I was born south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

[GulfCoast66]

44. So you get to own all the American People in a historical context?

And when you suggest that 'we' should have let the south secede, to this man it sounds like you are claiming superiority I hope like hell you live in California, New York, Minnesota or some state like that.

Because if you live in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana or any or the other trump loving plains states, you are a hypocrite. At least the southern racist can claim they come by it honestly. The Trump voters from the Midwestern states are pissing on their ancestors graves. When you read about the bravery, suffering and valor of the Midwestern boys in the civil war it is appalling that their ancestors are voting for a racist SOB. Just read about the losses that the Iowa boys had.

All of American was and is racist. The south, due to it history and agricultural patterns has born the largest burden of that legacy. And rightly so. But the rest of American is not excused.

[Dr_Pretorius]

48. No, I'm a historian and I often ponder both the past and the future and how we got here

One thing I find kind of arbitrary is state lines, especially in the East, and how they were delineated. Lord such-and-such granted a piece of land to Baron whoever and we're stuck with those arbitrary boundaries hundreds of years later. All these weird panhandles and things don't make much sense.

Another thing I ponder is whether the U.S. someday will divide into separate nations.

Regarding the past, I ponder "what if" there had been a diplomatic agreement to divide rather than fight a war to keep the country together. I speculated that the outcome might have been better for some and probably bad for the South. That led you to the false assumption I was bashing all people in the South today. That's not the case.

"At least the southern racist can claim they come by it honestly." Can you explain that statement? Are you claiming Southern racists are somehow morally superior to Northern racists? If so, I would strongly disagree.

[GulfCoast66]

49. Thanks for the reply

I would probably enjoy drinking a few beers and talk this stuff with you.

The whole ‘come by it honestly’ was intended as a gross critique of my people. Southern whites have always been out front with their racism. Hell, they are still proud of their ancestors who fought a war to keep slavery. My wife’s ancestors in the Midwest used to be proud of their service to the union and to freeing the slaves. But now they seem just like the neoconfederates in the South. So they are pissing on the ancestors graves. The ancestors of the southern racist would be proud of their racist progeny.

That was my meaning. Not glorifying Southerners. But lamenting that midwesterners are joining the club.

[Dr_Pretorius]

50. It would be fun to drink beer and try to draw the state lines the way they ought to be

But I'm easily amused.

People of Rhode Island would not be pleased with the results that I contemplate.

But it seems irrational for a tiny state with few people to have the same power in the Senate as a giant state like California. Don't get me started on the electoral college!

[ProfessorGAC]

56. How About Wisillianagan?

Talk about arbitrary lines! As an illinoisan, i see no reason why Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin are just one giant state.

All four are Great Lake states, all four have similar culture, similar industry, similar demographics. The line between WI and IL or IN and IL are meaningless anachronisms.

And while we're at it, why two Dakotas? Why not Minnekota? Wrap up those three states in one big package.

[Dr_Pretorius]

57. Good idea but the name needs some work!

Inwisinoismich kind of rolls off the tongue! Germans would like it.

I think the whole country could be rationally set up with about 10 or 15 states. In the north-middle part, Minnekota looks good. Texas and Oklahoma could definitely be wrapped up, but football fans would never let this happen!

[ProfessorGAC]

58. Yes Indeed

Ruminated about this for years, myself
Kind of fun "what if" discussion topic!

[vi5]

54. Or maybe there will be a second Great Migration...

...not just based on race but also based on morality and a sense of justice. Perhaps not from the south in general, just the states that insist on going backwards and where any attempts at justice or progress appear to be lost causes.

[ellie]

42. Of course he did.

Fucking troglodytes.

[kimbutgar]

45. Its alabama dumbfuckinstan

[steve2470]

46. the only good thing about Moore possibly getting elected is this....

We can hang the freaking ephebophile around the GOP's neck for a looooooong time. Trust me, I don't want him to be elected and he would be horrible for AL but I'm trying to find a silver lining to a very bad situation.

[dalton99a]

47. I wouldn't be surprised if the dumbasses sent a pedophile to represent them

[RKP5637]

51. Hmmm, a potential Grand Old Perverts GOP win. Wonder if they will lower the legal age to like 10. nt

[samplegirl]

52. The most gulliable assholes

In the United States!