Alabama US Senate poll: Tommy Tuberville has 12-point lead on Doug Jones

[Polybius]

The poll found 54% of respondents favoring Tuberville, a former Auburn head football coach. 42% favored Jones, with some stark differences among different groups.

Tuberville led with most voters over the age of 45, getting about 65% from voters aged 45 to 54 and 62% from voters aged 55 to 64. Jones did his best with voters under the age of 44, getting 49% of the 35 to 44 demographic to Tuberville’s 48%, and 53% of the 25 to 34 demographic, with Tuberville getting 41%.

Among white registered voters, Tuberville led 70% to Jones’ 28%, with 3% undecided. Among Black voters, Jones led 81% to 12%, with 7% undecided. The poll found Tuberville leading with men (55% to 41%) and women (53% to 43%).

In the presidential election, President Donald Trump got the support of just about 57% of respondents, while Democratic nominee Joe Biden, the former vice president, got 37% of the vote. 6% were undecided. The poll found about 62% of those polled approved or strongly approved of Trump’s performance.

https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2020/10/05/alabama-senate-poll-tommy-tuberville-has-12-point-lead-doug-jones/3629590001/

Insanity. Is 12 points reachable? And Trump up by 20 points? WTF?

[brooklynite]

1. This is Alabama and Roy Moore isn't running...

[Bettie]

2. It's Alabama

there is no hope.

[Beaverhausen]

4. That just sucks

Jones is such a good man. Hopefully Biden will put him in his cabinet.

[Progressive Jones]

3. Alabama is solid red. The best here would be a miracle. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Alabama.

A Democrat has to run against a child molester in order to win in Alabama, and even then it'll be really close.

[qazplm135]

6. Pretty much

Alabama is a lost cause.

[misanthrope]

10. You have to live in Alabama

to truly grasp how correct you are. It is disheartening and depressing, honestly.

[LovingA2andMI]

7. Doug Jones is a Good Guy

Hopefully he will find his way in a Biden Administration as this seat is a goner.

[Bettie]

14. He is a good guy and he has stood on principle more than once

I admire him.

[roamer65]

8. I really wish blue donor states would start to defund taker red ones.

Force states like KY and AL to raise state taxes.

[Initech]

9. Fucking hell. This is why we don't get nice things.

Don't elect a sleazebag like Tuberville. Elect the experienced lawmaker, don't elect the football coach.

[Eid Ma Clack Shaw]

18. Republicans love electing celebrities

Dog the Bounty Hunter would be guaranteed at least 40% nationwide if he ended up being their presidential nominee in 2024.

[misanthrope]

11. Here's your key

"Among white registered voters, Tuberville led 70% to Jones’ 28%, with 3% undecided. Among Black voters, Jones led 81% to 12%, with 7% undecided."

Politics is still a racial game in Alabama. Granted, that's true nationally and regionally but it's amplified in Alabama.

While watching a public TV piece on Emmitt Till tonight, the feelings voiced by the white Mississippians decrying Till and the prosecution of murderers didn't sound alien at all. They sound similar to sentiments I still hear expressed down here.

As Faulkner said, "the past isn't dead; it isn't even past."

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. This is so discouraging.

I don't live in Alabama, but I'm very discouraged about this race.

Here's a link that I hope works to an ad that really seems to sum it up.

Link to tweet

[mvd]

13. Not surprising but still disappointing

Perhaps he can still help the Democrats in Alabama if he loses. I prefer more liberal in Biden’s cabinet, but maybe he could get something like Sec of VA or Attorney General (he has a good civil rights record).

[BlueStater]

15. This state is hopeless.

It took a Republican candidate being a fucking child molester for them to lose and still only barely.

Jones made the morally correct choice to impeach Trump. Those dolts were going to throw him out no matter what he did anyway and he probably realized that.

[Norbert]

16. Jesus Christ himself would be 10 points down to Tubby

if he ran as a Democrat.

It's too bad Tuberville failed as a football coach.

[Boogiemack]

17. I'm hoping Doug can pull this out and I hope Biden has a good spot for him when he wins.

Doug would be a great addition to a Biden administration and transition team. Still hoping for some kind of turn. I am surprised that there are so many women would vote against Jones.

[Buckeyeblue]

19. How does Alabama and Auburn recruit African American athletes when the state is so damned racist?

[Renaissance Man]

24. Poverty and looking for a way out of poverty.

Alabama is a disastrous state for you to live in, if you are African-American. Auburn and Alabama are able to recruit the talent to its football programs because of a combination of talented athletes growing up in poverty looking for a way to lift their families out of it (think Trent Richardson when he played for UA), and boosters that line the pockets of their families to get them to play at the schools.

[Roland99]

20. I'm worried about MI Sen race, too

[LovingA2andMI]

21. Why exactly?

Michigan is not Alabama and Gary Peters will win. If you are letting John James keep you up at night with Straight Ticket voting in Michigan as the law, get sleep.

We are not Florida here.

[Roland99]

22. Seems a rather tight race

[LovingA2andMI]

23. It's Not...

Try another state. Maybe Florida for example.

[Roland99]

25. RCP Ranking: Toss Up

Peters' lead is within the usual MoE

[LovingA2andMI]

27. Again....

It's Not. Next...

Are you bored today or something? Focus on Florida. You all cannot even register to vote down there. Machines crashing and all. A Governor that wants to infect everybody. We are GOOD in Michigan and Gary Peters is too.

Take Care.

[Willto]

26. How?

{"How does Alabama and Auburn recruit African American athletes when the state is so damned racist?"}

Money. When Trent Richardson signed with Alabama his mother suddenly got a job "house sitting" a 450,000 dollar home in Tuscaloosa. Go check the parking lot at an Alabama football practice. Looks like a damn Motor Trend best of 2020 car show despite most of those kids coming from families living well below the poverty level.

[NorthOf270]

28. Pathetic

Doug Jones is a great man. Make no mistake about it, prosecuting the good old boys who killed those little black girls will never be seen as a positive in that state. I would love to see Biden make him AG or at least appointed federal prosecutor for that district.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

29. Awww. This sucks