Fox News Poll: Democrat Jones Tied With GOPer Moore In Alabama Senate Race

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Fox News Poll: Democrat Jones Tied With GOPer Moore In Alabama Senate Race
By ESME CRIBB Published OCTOBER 17, 2017 6:38 PM

Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore (R) and former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones (D) are tied in their race for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vacated Senate seat, according to a poll released Tuesday by Fox News.

According to the survey, Moore and Jones are tied at 42 percent among registered voters in Alabama, a deep-red state.

The poll was conducted from Oct. 14–16, 2017, from a sample of 801 Alabama registered voters, by landline and mobile phone, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent.

Other surveys released in September and October showed Moore leading Jones, but the single-digit margins in those polls, as well as the Fox News survey, suggest that Moore’s and Jones’ race for Sessions’ seat could be a competitive one.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-news-poll-jones-moore-tied-alabama-senate-race

[ATL Ebony]

1. He's a good candidate with name recognition and I believe Jones has a good shot.

[kimbutgar]

2. Boy would that burn Twitler and the rethugs if he actually won!

But it’s Alabama so I’m not holding my breath though.

[yallerdawg]

5. The thing is...

Moore doesn't have a good election record IN Alabama.

Courts and appeals tossed him out of his high-profile judgeships - twice.

He's been rejected as the Republican gubernatorial nominee multiple times, so he is viewed by many in Alabama as a blowhard loser!

[not fooled]

3. Let us hope

the AL media covers the unsavory aspects of Moore's conduct such as taking $1 million clandestinely from some dopey "Moral Values" type foundation, AKA money laundromat emptying into his greedy pockets.

[Maven]

4. No wonder Moore's Russian followers are increasing exponentially

They are going to push every maniac they can to destabilize America. We need to regulate social media sites like Twitter and Facebook NOW.

[bathroommonkey76]

16. Link?

Just wondering if what you are saying is true.

[dalton99a]

20. +1

[DonCoquixote]

6. we need to blow some wind in is sails

Because you damned well know everywhere from Trump Tower to Moscow, there will be winds blowing for Moore.

[House of Roberts]

7. I am hoping 42% is Moore's ceiling

and Jones' floor. It would be a proud day for the state to reject theocratic extremism!

[MRDAWG]

8. We were told that in Ga.........

Michelle Nunn was running for US Senate. Jason Carter (Pres Carter's grandson) was running for governor. This was 2014. Both were tied with GOP's days before the election. We saw the same flawed polling in the Jon Ossoff run a few months ago.
Voter oppression is alive and well in Georgia.

[trof]

9. I hate to say this, but...send MONEY!

I live in Alabama. I'm doing all I can.
But the name of the game (sadly) is still $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
I don't care if it's a dollar or 5.
Doug has a couple of good TV ads, but he needs to run them more often.
God, this sucks.
money

[iluvtennis]

13. Please provide a link where one can donate. Don't have much, but will chip in something.

[IronLionZion]

17. https://dougjonesforsenate.com/

https://dougjonesforsenate.com/

[iluvtennis]

29. Thank you for the link

[SeattlePop]

10. Jones Should Run And Ad "I'm Not Insane"

The other guy, well....

[Still In Wisconsin]

11. Hey, Bama elected a Democratic governor in the not too distant past.

It could happen. Go Bama!

[Tatiana]

12. Jones can win this, but it will be tough.

We'd have to GOTV of every Democrat in Jefferson County and then some.

[karynnj]

14. Obviously this is a big improvement, but there is a huge red flag - 11% answered "they did not know"

This was in addition to 2% won't vote and 3% vote for someone else. Looking through the cross tabs, it is possible that these could split, but they might split to their normal party -- in which case, it is likely Republican. It is interesting that the % in the sample that self identified as Republican was 47% -- and only 42% chose Moore. The percent identified as Democrat is 37% -- so Jones, at 42 is overperforming. The remaining 16% were independent/other.

[SergeStorms]

22. If the race is close enough....

for the Republicans to steal, they will. Voter suppression, "lost" votes in Democratic precincts.....you all know the GOP drill. They can make a double digit lead disappear overnight. It's very important for precinct captains to keep an eye on everything locally, and for the Democratic leaders in the state to keep a sharp eye on the GOP statewide.

I don't trust the Republicans one iota.

[Initech]

15. Go Jones!!! We can flip Alabama!!!

[Ferrets are Cool]

18. Mr Jones will certainly get MY vote.

[dalton99a]

21. Kick.

[bigworld]

23. Hasn't the national party already written off the seat as unwinnable?

They need to rethink !!

[beachbum bob]

24. as with other elections, democrats HAVE to get out and vote and people have to give

the democratic candidate financial support and GOTV efforts

nothing would shatter conservatives more if Jones manages to win this seat. It will fracture the republican party even more so

[raven mad]

25. Go, DOUG!!!!!!!!!

My daughter is stumping for him.

[Sneederbunk]

26. Turn out. Turn out. Turn out. Get Democrats to the polls.

[Paladin]

27. Did the leadership of the Democratic Party have ANYTHING to do with this?

Did the party employ money and planning to bring this polling result about---or are the just as surprised as the rest of us are?

Those are the questions we ought to be asking at this point.

[Gothmog]

28. I hope that this polling holds up

[Yavin4]

30. Polls of registered voters are meaningless.

'Likely voters' polls carry much more weight. We tend to rely too heavily on polls of registered voters instead of looking at polls of 'Likely voters'.

[LiberalLovinLug]

31. Please please please

For once can the good guys squeak out a win in these red state backwaters.

Or will a rash of fake scare ads pop up in the final days by big dark money about Democrats taking guns away or the need to once and for all rid the nation of the commie Obamacare to once again push the fascists over the line.

[former9thward]

32. This is a ridiculous poll.

If you look at the internals of the poll it shows Trump with a +1 approval rating in Alabama. Absurd. It polled 44% Democrats and only 37% Republicans with just 19 percent self-identifying as politically independent. This is a deep red state. According to the latest Gallup national party affiliation survey (July 5-9), 28 percent consider themselves Democrats, 25 percent Republican, with 45 percent declaring as Independents.

People will believe anything when it makes them feel good.

[mvd]

33. Well we know Fox News wouldn't intentionally skew a poll for the Democrat

Polls sometimes have different internals if they get a random sample. Hopefully it at least picked up on a trend. It would provide some comfort to know Moore is even too crazy for Alabama.