I was doing my analysis of Senate polls tonight (Sunday) and I came across this wonderful news from Alabama!!!
dougjones.com/…
Yes, it’s an internal poll, but FM3 is rated B/C by FiveThirtyEight and the Margin of Error is 3.5% at the 95% confidence interval. And look at the self-reported statistics of those who’ve already voted and of independents!
This is the first poll since June to give Sen. Doug Jones a chance. I only see one Kos story written about it on Friday, and I think it’s worth repeating.
This poll result didn’t just happen out of thin air nor as a result of Trump’s implosion. Sen. Jones has strongly outraised Tuberville lately and has run a disciplined campaign, while the former football coach has shown his complete ignorance of laws, the Constitution, and the job of being a senator.
Additionally, Tuberville, who was forced to resign as head coach of Auburn in 2008, has a 2012 scandal hanging over his head. While head coach at Texas Tech and then U of Cincinnati, Tuberville was involved in a fraudulent hedge fund scheme. Primary opponent and holder of this seat before he got involved with Trump, Jeff Sessions, said this:
“This can’t just be swept under the rug, and Tuberville can’t just brush it aside by falsely claiming he was some innocent victim,” Sessions said. “Indeed, he was a victimizer and held himself out as the ‘managing partner’ of the firm. Tuberville must give a full and complete accounting of this scandal. The people of Alabama deserve to know the complete truth now, before the election, about the man who is asking to be their senator.”
Incidentally, it sounds like Tuberville’s manners are similar to Trump’s. He surprised a lot of people by leaving Texas Tech suddenly after just 3 years to take the job at Cincinnati. He was in such a hurry to move on that he left a dinner with several Tech recruits and never returned. Good thing assistant coaches were there to pick up the tab.
A 1% lead by Sen. Jones with a 3.5% MoE is a Tossup and I am now only considering polls that have been wholly conducted in October. So this race has moved from Solid R in September to Tossup now.
If 60-65% of the American public is as tired and terrorized by Trump and his anti-democratic words and actions as most of us are, we are going to have a blowout. And if we have a blowout, this is evidence that Sen. Jones has a good chance of keeping his seat.
Let’s go, Doug! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-doug-jones
Look at this map. The entire Deep South is a tossup!!!!!