Democrat Doug Jones recently emerged victorious in the tightly contested Alabama Senate race just a few short days ago, a race in which Roy Moore is still suggesting that a god-fearing man such himself couldn't have lost and is refusing to concede to Jones. Moore recently uploaded a video to YouTube, urging his supporters to keep the faith, claiming, "the battle rages on, in this race we have yet to receive the final count to include military and provisional ballots."
Moore continued to address his supporters, many of whom see the recent sexual assault allegations against minors as "liberal smears", while conservatives seem to believe that they've found all the evidence they need to cement this claim, with the apparent paper trail leading back to the "liberal media".
As Roy Moore continued his I'm-a-sore-loser speech, you are able to see the exact moment that he dons his tin foil hat as he lists off several accusations, "this election was tainted by over $50M from outside groups, who want to retain power and their own corrupt ideology." It seems like Roy Moore is suggesting that money in politics and corporate money in this Alabama Senate race in particular is something that needs to be removed, right? Well, apparently not, as Moore received several thousands of dollars from, as he calls it, "outside groups".
The largest of the outside groups to donate to Roy Moore was Beasley Allen Law Firm, who contributed $104,000 to his Senate campaign stating that "it would be good to our firm and our clients", and even urging more than 300 of the company's employees to vote for Roy Moore. Several other large corporations contributed to Roy Moore this year, biblical investment group The Timothy Plan ($33,250), movie theater chain Cinemark Holdings ($13,500), cabinet manufacturers Wellborn Cabinets ($13,300) and private medical group McAllen Anesthesia Associates ($8,100) among many others. It seems that Roy Moore knows exactly which "outside groups" were trying to sway the Alabama Senate race.
Even before you bring the recent Roy Moore accusations to the table, his core beliefs are extremely worrying. This is the very same Roy Moore that claimed that drive-by shootings are caused by the teaching of evolution, I kid you not, Moore actually said that. This is just the start, however, as when it comes to issues such as his opposition to Islam, Moore has previously stated that Muslim Congressman, Keith Ellison, should literally be barred from congress as he chose to be sworn in using the Islamic holy book, the Qur'an, with Moore going even further to suggest that as America is currently at war in Muslim-dominated countries, that you shouldn't allow someone who "shares their doctrine" in Congress. Yes, Roy Moore literally likened Keith Ellison to radical Islamists such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda
Anyway, enough about this clown. Democrat Doug Jones will now head to the Senate in order to represent Alabama, but some of the nuance surrounding this election has been lackluster from Democrats.
The more worrying fact about the state of American politics that we are currently experiencing is that the polls leading up to the Alabama election only began to even up after the Roy Moore allegations came to light and his horrific beliefs are what lead to Moore beginning the race with a vast lead in the polls.
As this is the case, it is clearly evident that the allegations against Moore had effectively swayed the election. However, you wouldn't be able to fully realise this should you read or watch the current news reports surrounding the electoral victory of Doug Jones. The reason for Jones' victory is largely being attributed to the votes of the African-American community within Alabama, as we see with recent headlines such as African American Voters Made Doug Jones a US Senator in Alabama and Black voters just saved America from Roy Moore. Now, it isn't to say that this is certainly true to an extent, black voters did an excellent job getting through the voter suppression and gerrymandering that is normally found in Red States.
However, as Carl Beijer, a fellow progressive writer suggests, the reasons for Doug Jones' victory are a lot tougher to explain. In Beijer's article, he explains how Doug Jones was almost always guaranteed to win a sizeable percentage of the Black vote, which is exactly what happened with Jones receiving votes from 96% of Alabama's black community, while the turnout increased to 29%, which is high for this part of the country.
While Democrats are lauding Doug Jones as the start of a Centrist Revolution, the simple fact is the support for a Democrat in Alabama is only a few percentage points up from when Barack Obama lost the state to Romney in 2012. Beijer also points to the fact that Doug Jones received 10% more of the white vote than Obama had done previously, with Moore earning 12% less than Romney, in comparison to a 1% increase in the black vote from Obama to Jones.
Speaking of 1%, the election a few days ago saw the number of write-in votes climb from 0.19% (4,011) in 2012 all the way up to 1.7% (22,780) this time around, which clearly shows us that it was the Anti-Moore vote that effectively decided this election as opposed to the 'inspiring' politics of the Democrats and Doug Jones. Should you put Doug Jones up against any other Alabama Republican, it is quite clear that with all this evidence that Jones would have been defeated.
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