the tensions mount as the early numbers start to come in. compared to the last time he ran, roy moore, is the blue filling in where it s supposed to be blue and the red where it s supposed to be red? significant changes so far early in the contest. david chalian was making this point earlier. let s go back to the history first. 2016, donald trump wins. let s go back to 2012, mitt romney wins and wins comfortably. remember, 61 to 38 in the presidential race. this is the last time roy moore was on the ballot running for chief justice. 52%. dramatically underperforming the republican presidential candidate in his own state. and so what do you have here? you have the democratic candidate winning across here. this is why i circled that earlier. the democratic candidate beating losing the race by 3 1/2, 4 points but beating roy moore down here and up here. see the red up here? i m going to use a different color to tell the distinction. the red is where roy moore needs to run it up. thi
this is the map. doug jones versus roy moore. let s go back in time. alabama is a ruby red republican state. just shy of that for president trump. 61% for mitt romney over then president barack obama seeking a second term. this is reliably red country. can doug jones win? yes, he can. the last time he was on the ballot running for the state supreme court. roy moore almost always under performs. for doug jones to win, he has to emulate what they did in the race against roy moore. win in selma and tuscaloosa and win big in birmingham. especially african americans and run up big margins where you have an african-american base. not just percentages, but numbers. the turn out like we saw in
schmoozed him. he said the democrats could do something really fast to help him in his pocket and it hasn t been fast enough. he says he doesn t care who s on the ballot running against patrick murphy, he will vote against him as a protest vote. and that is bearing out big-time when you talk to both patrick murphy and his opponent, mike fitzpatrick. they are trying to one-up each other to try to get to voters and make clear that they re the ones who feel their pain. dana, thanks for that. dana bash in pittsburgh. we re going to be covering these battles across the country for the next two months as we head into mid-term elections. remember this scene take a look at this. power laces, all right. that was a clip from back to the future 2 in which michael
black panther party who drannished brandished a night stick in twilight is on camera making inflammatory comments about white people. shabazz was charged with voter intimidation and branded from being near polling area. this video shows a vocal shabazz. if you want freedom, you are going to have to kill some cracker and their babies. spokesman for the black panthers says it s not the official position. another member that was involved in the issue of n 2008 is jerry jackson jr. who reportedly applied to be a democratic poll watcher in this year s may 18 primary and he was on the ballot running to be a democratic committee member. cnn says it s taken action regarding the story we told you about tuesday about the middle east affairs editor
black panther party who drannished brandished a night stick in twilight is on camera making inflammatory comments about white people. shabazz was charged with voter intimidation and branded from being near polling area. this video shows a vocal shabazz. if you want freedom, you are going to have to kill some cracker and their babies. spokesman for the black panthers says it s not the official position. another member that was involved in the issue of n 2008 is jerry jackson jr. who reportedly applied to be a democratic poll watcher in this year s may 18 primary and he was on the ballot running to be a democratic committee member. cnn says it s taken action regarding the story we told you about tuesday about the middle east affairs editor