The detailed, on-the-record accounts from four women describing Roy Moore touching them in sexual ways or pursuing them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s seemed like the kind of news that might force the Alabama U.S. Senate candidate to drop out of the Dec. 12 special election. …
But Moore is showing no signs of quitting, and he could still win for one simple reason: Alabama voters really do not like electing Democrats. Local Republican leaders in Alabama are standing by Moore, dismissing the four women’s stories but also emphasizing that they believe it’s absolutely necessary to put a Republican in this seat — a message that the state’s electorate may heed. It’s difficult — but not impossible — to see a path to victory for Jones. CONT.
Perry Bacon Jr. & Harry Enten, FiveThirtyEight