outlawauron on 13 December 2017
| deskpro2k3 said: glad he lost, but damn that race was really close. like seriously almost half the Alabama population voted for Moore. wtf |
Moore got half of the votes Trump got. While turnout was higher than expected, it was because of turnout for minorities, not the traditional Republican voting bloc. A lot of people that would have voted for Strange (his opponent in the runoffs) but either voted for write-in/Jones instead or stayed home completely. Had Jones been more palatable to Alabama (i.e. pro-life), he would have won by a giant margin.
