I'm afraid Alabama is not going to make us happy tomorrow.

[sarah FAILIN]

I'm sorry. The people here have been working hard and Doug Jones has been doing 5-6 appearances every day so it is not going to be the fault of the candidate.

The people here are just backwards. In 2000 we became the last state to repeal the miscegenation laws that were supposed to keep the races from mingling. Even though biracial kids and relationships were the norm, only 801,725 voters supported repeal of the law. 545,933 voters wanted to keep the law as is. So roughly 40.5% of the voters in 2000 were such racists that they tried to keep people from getting legally married because of color. It was an embarrassment to have so many still wanting to keep the races apart, but we came out on top enough to win. After thinking about this vote and how divided people are on abortion on top of the racism that is growing under Trump, I'm not so sure we can do it tomorrow.

Try to keep in mind that we are not all like that. When this is over tomorrow night, we are the ones still stuck in here fighting. Have a little pity on us that are not able to do anything but wait for the old attitudes to die off with their owners and keep fighting to change people here instead of running.

[rainin]

1. I want 24 more hours of hope.

When polls close tomorrow night, I'll start thinking about this.

On the hopeful side, it is very hard to suppress women voters as a voting blok. If they turn on Moore, women could tip the scale.

[sarah FAILIN]

2. I'm still hoping too

But if it goes south, we are not all like the Moore side.

Thank you

[Proud liberal 80]

3. These conservative women

Are worse than the males.

[marylandblue]

4. I consider it a victory that the race is even as close as it is

And if Moore gets into the Senate, he will turn people off in other places, so a GOP win might be worse than a loss.

[GallopingGhost]

16. This

That the race is this close is amazing. Jones has a great ground game. Democrats are pissed and I think voter turnout will be good. Many Republicans are disgusted by Moore.

I'm an eternal optimist, but I think he has a damned good chance.

[yallerdawg]

5. You know, if Roy Moore wins tomorrow...

it's not the end of the world.

Alabama - like a lot of states - has 2 Republican senators today.

If Moore wins tomorrow?

Alabama has 2 Republican senators - like a lot of states.

We gave it a damn fine shot, and stayed true to the Democratic values everyone says would win elections if we just wouldn't go Republican Lite.

We'll see!

But the world goes on same as always or a little bit better when the votes come in tomorrow evening.

That ain't bad.

[cilla4progress]

6. Hate this happening to you!

Maybe it will be the low point - if he wins- and you can say Alabama was the turning point!

[marylandblue]

8. Or maybe Virginia was the turning point, Jones wins, and Alabama clinches the series.

Betting odds give Jones a 30 percent chance, which is better than Trump's odds were.

[WE ARE SC13]

7. why dont you

at least wait until results start to come in tomorrow. geez

[Phoenix61]

9. Fear is an ugly thing

It's hard not to be fearful. That anyone could support a man who chases after young girls is just disgusting.

[woolldog]

10. I don't agree.

Jones wins. Book it.

[LeftInTX]

11. Been reading about their horrific voter ID law

Voting in minority communities went down by 5% the next year.

[Laffy Kat]

12. Hoping for the best...

But I don't even want to get out of bed tomorrow. I want to pull the covers over my head and watch something mindless on Netflix.

[fescuerescue]

13. When has Alabama EVER made us happy?

[Wounded Bear]

14. Not Alabama's job to make me happy...

I'm still hopeful. What we need is for large numbers of white women in AL to shake off the shackles of misogyny and their Christianity-based, institutionalized Stockholm syndrome and vote en masse to tell Alabama's good old boys to fuck off.

We'll see what we see. Best of luck going forward, and hoping for some forward motion in AL.

[roamer65]

15. Either AL sends us a Democratic Senator, or they throw a bomb into the heart of the Pedo Party.

Either way we win, the Pedo Party loses.

[lindysalsagal]

17. The people here are just backwards. Yep.

[Skid Rogue]

18. I'm not overly optimistic ...

but it's the best chance we've had to put a Dem in a senate seat in a very long time. My polling place opens in 45 minutes and I'm ready to go. Everyone please send us good vibes, or light a candle, or smoke a lucky cigar. We need all the help we can get.

[Joe941]

19. I'm tired of moral victories.

We need real victories that will stop tRump and his ilk. How does throwing Franken out help defeat tRump?

[bluecollar2]

20. As a former resident of Texas

I can sympathize.

Texas has a fighting chance to drag itself into the twentieth and then the twenty-first centuries due to population changes.

Alabama, on the other hand will have to be content with being dragged, kicking and screaming into the nineteenth century.

The census will be vital. It is Alabama's best hope if Jones does not win.

[Bettie]

21. The only hope is that

he disgusts enough Republicans that some of them will stay home.

The sad thing is that the 14 year old girl stalking is not even the worst thing about him. In a normal world, he would not even have a chance.

[woolldog]

22. As I posted on this thread...

...Jones will win.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9966264

[sarah FAILIN]

23. And he did!!!!

By the skin of his teeth but he won!!!

[woolldog]

25. He did it!

[LexVegas]

24. ...

[woolldog]

26. c'mon, play nice Lex.

[Stinky The Clown]

27. Sarah, I am SOOOOO glad you were wrong!

Your state DID IT!!!

[sarah FAILIN]

29. We are all ECSTATIC!!

Our little watch party is trying to figure where we could get some horses to ride over to where the reps are hanging out at the courthouse

[sharedvalues]

28. So happy for you today! Your fighting made a difference :)

[sarah FAILIN]

30. Thank you!

[FreepFryer]

31. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US DOWN EASY!