Alabama voters appear to be moving back to support of Moore in senate race

Byron York:
After all that has happened, the Alabama Senate race appears to be reverting to a fundamental political truth: A state that is one of the most Republican in the nation is likely to vote Republican.

Of course, there is still the possibility of some new and devastating sexual misconduct revelation about GOP candidate Roy Moore. But there is an increasing sense that the old and devastating sexual misconduct revelations are receding into the distant past of two weeks ago. Now, Moore is recovering in the polls and more Alabama voters seem comfortable with the idea of voting for him.

Part of that is because of the voters' long familiarity with Moore. For his supporters, the allegations did not seem to fit the man they admired. Something similar could be said of independents and even those Alabamians who see Moore as a Bible-thumping fanatic; the allegations did not seem to fit the man they hated. Neither recognized the Moore they thought they knew in stories in the Washington Post and other outlets that published allegations against Moore.

"When the allegations first came out, there was a little bit of a shock factor, because it seemed so out of character for the man they knew," a Moore campaign source said Wednesday. "I think that these allegations are not wearing well, because he has made such a strong impression on people over the years."

Moore appears to be recovering in the polls in the head-to-head matchup with Democratic opponent Doug Jones. Moore was six points ahead of Jones in the RealClearPolitics average of polls before the first allegations. By Nov. 21, Moore was eight-tenths of a point behind Jones. Now, Moore is back in the lead, but by just two points.
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I think York is from Alabama and knows the state pretty well.  I suspect he is right about the allegations not being credible to voters who believe they know Moore.  But I think one of the bigger reasons is that the focus has been turned on his opponents positions which are out of step with those of Alabama voters.   I credit President Trump with making that point when everyone else was hyper-focused on the allegations against Moore.

Some in the media would like to call this tribal thinking, but in other circumstances, they would say voters are focused on the political issues.

There is also this:
Cop Accuser Implodes in Breitbart Interview, Admits to Making Unsupported Claims About Roy Moore

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