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 »
Everything You Need To Know About Alabama’s Senate Election
Alabama’s long and strange special election for U.S. Senate comes to a close on Tuesday. Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore face off in their bids to fill the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the remainder of the term. Moore is the favorite, according to the […] Read more »
Pollsters, pundits say Alabama Senate race impossible to predict
The entire political world is watching Alabama’s Senate race, but what happens Tuesday is anybody’s guess. The highly unusual nature of the election, along with the difficulty faced by pollsters, has made the race murkier than a cypress swamp. Recent polls show Republican Roy Moore leading Democrat Doug Jones by […] Read more »