Democrats didn’t just win Alabama on Tuesday night. They won their clearest path yet to taking back the Senate majority next year. No, we’re not saying the Senate majority will definitely switch parties in next November’s midterm elections as a result of one race, as remarkable as the race was. […] Read more »
In Alabama, a lousy night for Republicans and a resounding defeat for Trump
Tuesday’s special U.S. Senate election in Alabama was never destined to bring good news for the Republican Party, no matter the outcome. But the stunning victory by Democrat Doug Jones was a devastating blow to a party wracked by divisions and intraparty rivalries and a humiliating defeat for President Trump. […] Read more »
Allegations, Democratic surge doomed Roy Moore, exit poll shows
In the end, a combination of two different storylines doomed Republican Roy Moore in Alabama’s Senate race, according to the exit poll of the contest. The first revolved around the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against Moore, with one woman charging him with initiating a sexual encounter with her when […] Read more »
Alabama voters split on allegations against Moore, exit polls indicate
… In what would otherwise be a cakewalk for the Republican candidate, preliminary exit poll results in Alabama’s special election for the Senate seat once held by current Attorney General Jeff Sessions show how allegations of sexual misconduct against Republican Roy Moore have complicated his contest against Democrat Doug Jones. […] Read more »
Early exit poll: Republicans, white evangelicals think accusations against Moore are false
While 49 percent of Alabama Senate voters overall said they think the sexual misconduct allegations against Moore are definitely or probably true, Republican and Democratic voters in Alabama view the accusations different, early exit poll results show. CONT. NBC News Read more »
What Roy Moore tells us about the Republican Party
… For many years, most political scientists followed the lead of the eminent V.O. Key Jr. in conceptualizing each U.S. party as a three-legged stool composed of voters, politicians (and other government officials), and officers of the national, state and local party committees. More recently, however, many scholars have come […] Read more »