Moore Trails Democrat Jones by 12 Points
Source: Politico
Republican Roy Moore is trailing Democrat Doug Jones by 12 points in the Alabama special Senate election, according to a poll conducted by the National Republican Senatorial Committee after five women accused Moore of pursuing them as teenagers.
Jones led Moore 51 to 39 percent, according to the survey taken Sunday and Monday. The NRSC withdrew its support for Moore after the Washington Post published the first allegations against Moore on Thursday, and the groups chairman, Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) said Moore should be expelled from the Senate if he wins on Dec. 12
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/15/roy-moore-doug-jones-poll-244937
VMA131Marine
(4,544 posts)Suck it, Moore!
Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)Oops, my bad. I thought you meant Go Dog Go.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)...I wouldn't trust any polling until new revelations stop and the campaign stabilizes.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)djg21
(1,803 posts)my fear is that many voters will never admit to a pollster that they will be voting for Moore, but when in the privacy of the voting booth . . . .
FakeNoose
(35,227 posts)If they think they're ahead, maybe some of them will stay home.
But if they know they're behind, they'll get everybody to the polls in buses.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,352 posts)And the day before that he was behind by 3.
You cannot trust polls anymore. We learned this in the last general election.
nycbos
(6,276 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)FSogol
(46,249 posts)LonePirate
(13,835 posts)Party committees almost never release polls where their candidate is trailing badly. Granted, the NRSC did cut ties to Moore.
Rather, I think this poll (and it may be flawed) was released to encourage Moore to drop out from the race. Whether that would trigger a delay in the election, I do not know. The NRSC doesnt want Jones or Moore in the seat so pushing a poll with good news for Jones is uncharacteristic of them, to say the least.
SunSeeker
(53,405 posts)trc
(824 posts)could they possibly be trying to scare the base to vote for moore so that the Democrat in the race won't win? It will work.
Bernardo de La Paz
(50,582 posts)Turbineguy
(38,219 posts)It's a shame really. Moore could bring the republican senate to a complete stop, making a 2018 conversion certain.
nycbos
(6,276 posts)marble falls
(61,488 posts)Jones may be conservative but he does have a good record as a prosecutor going after the Klansmen who bombed the church where four children were murdered.
BigmanPigman
(52,138 posts)I will believe it when I see it.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Pedo to Not Pedo is all it would take.
grandpamike1
(197 posts)Seems like they are trying to gin up their base, and get them out to vote. Be very wary of this, especially coming from Republicans.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)December 12 is a long way away, in political time. Keep up the work on the ground in Alabama, Democrats! Don't let up because of a good poll.
George II
(67,782 posts)joshcryer
(62,366 posts)Clinton led Trump by 6 points on the day of election.
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)Just like Kerry 12 years earlier.
Brother Buzz
(37,507 posts)The race is a statistical tie from my unscientific measurements. But then again, tossing this bogus poll out there just might turn a few yahoos in Alabama, and as Martha Stewart would say, "it's a good thing".
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)I predict a Dem landslide........ Dreaming of a Purple Bama!
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I'm confident in the numbers-- Moore's endorsements are consistently doing one-eighties on him, the RNC has pulled funding from his campaign, prominent GOP spokesmen, both in DC and in the media are demanding he drop out, all polls are consistently showing him on the downside slide beneath Jones, and he of course assaulted under-age girls.
At this point, only an idiot would think this comedic circular firing squad is a clever ruse by Trump or his advisers. Moore is done, and the only question remaining will be if he stays in the race and splits the GOP vote, or simply goes quietly into that good night.
Renew Deal
(82,830 posts)riversedge
(72,572 posts)More_Cowbell
(2,204 posts)Just like Trump.
C Moon
(12,516 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)and its only going to get worse for moore as his defenders "defend him" with pure nonsense
C_U_L8R
(45,526 posts)Ligyron
(7,832 posts)We don't want him to drop out or the GOP to somehow slip a decent candidate in there. Even if he wins it will throw the Senate into chaos for years.