22,000 Write-Ins in the Jones/Moore race. This was a HUGE factor. People left Moore. [View all]

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HUGE credit to Jones and his and his team's GOTV effort, AA turnout, Dem turnout, Indies who voted for Jones, young voters, and even some R crossovers. But we must also recognize that this was mainly about Moore and his scandal. Many people who voted for Jones were voting AGAINST Moore, and if it had been a more normal Republican candidate, the R's would have won hands down in this very red state. Alabamans have pride, and Moore was just too toxic. Too much of an embarrassment even for them. Pretty SAD he still nearly won. And a major reason Jones won was that people left Moore (but didn't go to Jones either). So they did a write-in.

So one big takeaway for Alabama is they have said (though barely) that candidates with this kind of sexual perversion scandal can not be in office. And that is a good thing.