Factors That Contribute To The Victory Of Doug Jones

One of the major factors that contributed to the victory of Doug Jones was his opponents sexual assault accusations. In the recent political climate regarding sexual assault and the #metoo movement, people have been more aware about sexual abuse, which has caused an outpour of support for victims and shame for attackers. Perhaps if this scandal was never brought to light, or never happened, Roy Moore would have won the election because, after all, Alabama is a “red” state, and it is rare that Alabama votes democratic. Roy Moore actually did not put as much funding into his campaign as Doug Jones did because he was a republican and he was aware that he was campaigning in a republican state; after all, a democrat had not been in elected in

Doug Jones had more financial support because he knew how hard it would be for a democrat to be elected in the state of Alabama. This was the opposite case for Roy Moore; he underestimated his campaign strategies, believing that he would be elected no matter his campaign solely because of his political affiliation. Doug Jones’ political campaign ads were also very effective because he had long term republicans state that they were voting democratic during this specific election. This was a very helpful tactic for Doug Jones because he needed the support of the republican community to be able to win against his opponent, Roy Moore. It was very visible that Doug Jones was putting more effort into his campaign than Roy Moore because he needed all of the support he could find to win over a regularly republican

This is likely due to the fact that many voters did not want Roy Moore to win the election because of the sexual assault allegations, even though he was backed by Donald Trump. Many districts that were light red, changed to light blue, and many districts that were dark red turned to light red. That is to say that republican districts voted less for the republican party and may have turned slightly democratic for this election. Already democratic districts became more democratic. This is all due to the campaign strategies, or lack thereof by both