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Exit polls: How Doug Jones pulled off his stunning win

Doug Jones needed a surge of black voter turnout and a wide gender gap to pull off his stunning victory over embattled Republican Roy Moore in Tuesday’s special Senate election. In becoming the first Democrat to win a statewide federal election in Alabama since 1992, Jones proved that Democratic fears […] Read more »

Democrats just won Alabama — and their clearest path yet to taking back the Senate

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 »