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misanthrope

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11. Here's your key

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:58 PM

Oct 2020

"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."

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Alabama US Senate poll: Tommy Tuberville has 12-point lead on Doug Jones [View all] Polybius Oct 2020 OP

This is Alabama and Roy Moore isn't running... brooklynite Oct 2020 #1

It's Alabama Bettie Oct 2020 #2

That just sucks Beaverhausen Oct 2020 #4

Alabama is solid red. The best here would be a miracle. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2020 #3

Alabama. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #5

Pretty much qazplm135 Oct 2020 #6

You have to live in Alabama misanthrope Oct 2020 #10

Doug Jones is a Good Guy LovingA2andMI Oct 2020 #7

He is a good guy and he has stood on principle more than once Bettie Oct 2020 #14

I really wish blue donor states would start to defund taker red ones. roamer65 Oct 2020 #8

Fucking hell. This is why we don't get nice things. Initech Oct 2020 #9

Republicans love electing celebrities Eid Ma Clack Shaw Oct 2020 #18

Here's your key misanthrope Oct 2020 #11

This is so discouraging. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #12

Not surprising but still disappointing mvd Oct 2020 #13

This state is hopeless. BlueStater Oct 2020 #15

Jesus Christ himself would be 10 points down to Tubby Norbert Oct 2020 #16

I'm hoping Doug can pull this out and I hope Biden has a good spot for him when he wins. Boogiemack Oct 2020 #17

How does Alabama and Auburn recruit African American athletes when the state is so damned racist? Buckeyeblue Oct 2020 #19

Poverty and looking for a way out of poverty. Renaissance Man Oct 2020 #24

I'm worried about MI Sen race, too Roland99 Oct 2020 #20

Why exactly? LovingA2andMI Oct 2020 #21

Seems a rather tight race Roland99 Oct 2020 #22

It's Not... LovingA2andMI Oct 2020 #23

RCP Ranking: Toss Up Roland99 Oct 2020 #25

Again.... LovingA2andMI Oct 2020 #27

How? Willto Oct 2020 #26

Pathetic NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #28

Awww. This sucks Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #29