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In reply to the discussion: Would Jones have won if his opponet was [View all]ChoppinBroccoli
(3,781 posts)Had the Republicans not run quite possibly the worst candidate in recorded history, they would have won. They ran the worst possible candidate and STILL almost won. In the Deep South, they vote for the R after the name, and nothing else really matters.
What we CAN take from this is that this is yet more confirmation that Trump's unpopularity is dragging down Republican candidates nationwide, and there's no reason to believe the trend won't continue into 2018. We should take this as a great springboard into taking back the Congress in 2018, and then righting some of the wrongs that have been going on this year.
Whether or not Doug Jones keeps his seat in 2020 shouldn't taint his victory right now. It's a referendum on Trump, and even Alabama is giving an emphatic one-finger salute to Trump. That's why it's so exciting. The implications of parlaying this into taking back Congress in 2018.