caulfield12 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 QUOTE (Quin @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 04:07 PM) And because we're living in a poorly written political thriller... http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/i...court_rule.html Alabama's Secretary of State, who believes you have to earn the right to vote, got an injunction filed so that he can destroy voting records from tonight. He also went to Russia last year to observe their elections and had glowing reviews. Somehow, that is not an Onion article. Are we sure he didn’t go there with Sessions? Who funded that trip, exactly? What could possibly be gained from such a junket that would be of value to taxpayers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 04:38 PM) *whispers to self* please don't look at exits please don't look at exits *clicks link to exit poll* Moore supposedly needed at least 27% African American turnout to win. The women’s vote seems just as important, especially anyone close to independent/moderate. They all have to break towards Jones. Nearly six in 10 voters for Democrat Doug Jones were black in these preliminary exit polls Nine in 10 Moore voters were white. A slim majority of voters for Moore were white men. (Three in 10 voters in this election are black in these initial results, a number that can change as more results come in throughout the night. That portion is on par with presidential elections in 2008 and 2012.) Voters continue to be nearly evenly divided on a host of questions about the two candidates in Tuesday's election. Alabamians are evenly split on whether they view Jones favorably, while Moore’s favorability rating is underwater by double digits in preliminary exit polling. CNN.com Edited December 12, 2017 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Trump really put himself in a tough spot with this one. If Moore wins, he will take full credit, and would one really want to? If he loses, he campaigned for Moore opponent in the primary and lost, then campaigned for Moore, another loss would make him a loser. Sad. I think he ultimately loses either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 06:55 PM) Trump really put himself in a tough spot with this one. If Moore wins, he will take full credit, and would one really want to? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 06:59 PM) Yes. Tonight is a win for Dems regardless of the outcome. Moore will be a political albatross for the GOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Exit polls, which mean nothing, have black turnout at 30%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 McConnell's in an even tougher situation if Moore wins, because it puts nearly every GOP Senator into a potential primary (against Darth Bannon), even in states like South Dakota, Nebraska and Utah. Arizona (Flake's seat), Nevada (Heller) and Mississippi (Wicker) are going to be thrown into chaos if ultra-right wing candidates emerge there. Then you've got Corker's seat in TN and Ted Cruz/Beto O'Rourke as well in TX. The odds would still have to be about 75% in favor of the GOP holding the majority, with the Dems having 3X more seats being contested and having to win ALL those toss-ups like McCaskill, Manchin (WV), Donnelly, Heitkamp and Tester. 8 seats for GOP, 23 for Dems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 With a whopping 1 percent in, Jones leads 321 to 103. Shiiiit. In a normal off-off-year election, that might be the entirety of ballots cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) Turnout expected to be around 25%. Jones has been trending well with indicators like white college-educated women voters and chipping off 20% of moderate/liberal Republicans....but he's still behind by 1.5% with 5 per cent in so far. Down 9.8% now...going in the wrong direction quickly in the last 10-15 minutes. He has to sweep across those 9 majority African-American counties in the bottom 1/3rd of the state. Edited December 13, 2017 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 America won’t fail to disappoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) -3.6% Tightening again. With all the positives about Alabama in recent years, Mercedes-Benz, aerospace industry, Univ. of Alabama and Auburn both trending in a positive direction academically...had perhaps unjustified higher hopes compared to what we're seeing right now. Edited December 13, 2017 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 QUOTE (Tony @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 08:16 PM) 8:15pm CST, Jones has a 65% chance of working via NYT 77% now, 8:17 Of winning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I’ll say this, him losing this race will be an even bigger embarrassment for Republicans who supported this pervert/pedophile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 QUOTE (Tony @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 08:22 PM) Sorry, yes. https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/a...WT.nav=top-news Please let this come to fruition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 dat needle doe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 NYT seems to think that the majority of remaining votes go for Jones. They have 69% Jones winning. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 77% Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Jones votes rolling in and its down to a 0.4% current Moore lead on NYT. They have Jones back up to 77%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 This is a nail biter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Jones leading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 You know, if Moore loses this, that will be two candidates that Trump backed in Alabama would have failed. He campaigned for Luther Strange against Moore and Strange(of course) lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Damn. Roll Tide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Alabama people, you done good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettie4sox Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Fake News called it too. I am shocked. Utterly shocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Fraudulent, illegal votes pay off for the dems. This must be investigated. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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