r/politics • u/Antinatalista Foreign • Dec 13 '17

Black voters just saved America from Roy Moore

https://thinkprogress.org/back-vote-alabama-jones-8da18c1d8d7a/
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u/jquince Dec 13 '17

So, at the end of the day, Dems are viewed just a bit more favorably than a child molester? This might be a problem.

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u/Zer0_Context Dec 13 '17

...in Alabama.

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u/Darko33 Dec 13 '17

A gargantuan caveat if I ever heard one

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

I’ll take it

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u/elshizzo Dec 13 '17

I mean if we are gonna look at this realistically, white people in Alabama still overwhelmingly preferred the child molester to the democrat.

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u/jquince Dec 13 '17

You make a good point.

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u/Pentazimyn Dec 13 '17

Old white people, let's be clear. There are a lot of us here who are progressives and we just scored a huge victory. Look for more upsets. If we can do it in Alabama, y'all can do it anywhere! Take America back!

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u/elshizzo Dec 13 '17

Virtually 70% of white people in Alabama voted for Moore though. So it wasn't just old white people.

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u/McHeathen Dec 13 '17

I understand the sentiment, but Doug Jones winning by 1.5 points represents about a 30 point swing in the Alabama electorate. It's not a huge win, but it's huge given the baseline.

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u/ViolaNguyen California Dec 13 '17

And importantly, not all of that was just because Moore is a racist, misogynist, idiotic, predatory scumbag.

Some of that is the national swell of support for the Democratic Party after the Republicans have had a year to screw things up, and that's going to tip a lot of races next year. The bookies all have the Democrats winning big in the House.

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u/Tearakan Dec 13 '17

Abortion is a issue for many in AL.