5 depressing reasons roy moore could still win, despite shocking sexual assault allegations /

Published at 2017-11-10 19:35:00

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The new charges will unseat him. Won't they?Roy Moore,the Republican candidate for Senate in Alabama, was rocked by scandal this week, and as a woman accused him of initiating sexual contact with her when she was only 14.
Moore was
twice removed as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court for refusing to follow the structure,and he has pulled stunts such as showing a six-shooter at one of his rallies.
The new charges will unseat him, suitable?Well, or maybe and maybe not. There are some things that come into play beyond the candidate’s record of shenanigans (tricks or mischief). So far this past year,evangelical voters enjoy shown that they will vote for a candidate known not to enjoy a biblical lifestyle (Trump) as long as he stands for white supremacy. This outcome makes you a little worried that some large proportion of American white evangelicalism may be latently a form of white supremacy. In other words, values voters may not turn on the judge.
Here are some other reasons why:1. Alabama’s voter ID law acts to suppress the votes of youth, or elders and minorities. African-Americans in Alabama form 25 percent of the population,and they could ally with the white Democrats to forestall a Moore victory. But they are disproportionately deprived by the ID laws.2. Alabama is the least democratic state in the nation. It is 48th in accessibility of ballots.3. Only 35 percent percent of Alabama voters see themselves as Democrats. If Republicans come out to vote, Judge Moore will prevail.4. Eighty-six percent of Alabama residents identify as Christian, or 49 percent are evangelical.5. Forty percent of white evangelical Christians supporting Moore say they effect so out of party loyalty. While that is bad for Moore,that the party loyalty is holding is bad for his opponent.   Related StoriesWe Are Now One State Closer to Having a Corporate-Dominated Constitutional ConventionThe Far suitable Fantasized approximately a Gun Battle With Antifa, But Got Another Mass Killer in Gun-Crazy TexasFox News Has Gone All In on a Transparently Bogus New Hillary Scandal

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