The exit polls from that race mean a lot and they should scare the shit out of the GOP.
- Moore won only older voters. Among those 18-44, he got walloped by 23 points.
- Women with children made up one in every five voters in Alabama on Tuesday. And man, did they revolt against Moore by a 2 to 1 margin.
- Moderates voted for Jones.
- In 2016, President Donald Trump carried Alabama by almost 28 points. In 2017, voters in Alabama rejected Trump twice -- first by beating appointed Sen. Luther Strange in a Republican runoff and then by choosing Jones over Moore on Tuesday night. And you can see why. Trump's approval rating in the exit poll was only 48%.
- Jones won the election on values, a key issue for the GOP for decades.
- The Democrat party was more popular than the Republican party in a state that hasn't elected a Democratic Senator in 25 years.
- Republicans are an increasingly a rural party only. Democratic votes in the growing city centers overwhelmed the smaller, less populated areas that continued to perform for Republicans.
- Black voters are incredibly energized, much more so than in 2016.
8 numbers out of Alabama that should terrify Republicans - CNNPolitics
Yesterdays election meant nothing......if Trump would run for re-election today he would win big in Alabama
College Towns
Turnout in college towns was especially high in the Senate race, as was the antipathy toward Mr. Moore. Mr. Trump won Lee County, home to Auburn University, with 58 percent of the vote; Mr. Moore won just 41 percent.
College students “dislike Trump intensely, disagree dramatically with the G.O.P. on most or all social issues, and regard Republicans as being from a moon of Jupiter,” said Larry J. Sabato, the director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. “Over time, this will be deadly to the G.O.P.”