Takeaways for the GOP?

Alabama is a state in which the GOP has a strong advantage. But that wasn't enough to overcome the faults in the candidate they put forward. Even Trump's support of him wasn't enough. And now their advantage in the Senate is razor thin, 51-49. They're going to need a breakdown of everything that went wrong for them and to learn from it, because they can't expect to succeed going forward like this.

One thing I'd say, don't run ambiguously racist candidates, or racist candidates at all. Maybe Moore wasn't really racist, but he really didn't do any good with his comment about that last time he thinks America was great...during slavery. Not just ambiguously racist, it's really also just offensive to the nation. 150 years of history since slavery, and he can't find anything he thought was great? Fighting in the world wars, inventing modern computers, aircraft, the internet, landing on the moon, the human genome project, the list goes on. I found it offensive and unrealistic. Anyone got anything else?

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SW-User

its a republican state the only reason the repubs lost was because of a sick demented candidate. i think the only reason trump wanted the guy to go through was so his agendas wouldnt be stopped.

RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M

@SW-User I think that the demographics are interesting too, how almost the entire Black population voted against Mr. Moore, and how the younger demographics in general voted against him as well.

SW-User

@RemovedUsername8862 well first the guy was a pedo. second the guy could have been racists. so that will definitely affect the outcome.

RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M

@SW-User Indeed, but I wonder what that sort of demographic trend represents? As the US becomes more Latino and younger as the Baby Boom dies off, I wonder if the GOP will be able to adapt if the trend continues.

SW-User

so you are just assuming that the younger generation is just going to be democrats.. thats pretty bold and bias.

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RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M

@SW-User Maybe, but I don't think that it's an unwarranted assumption, based solely on the voter demographics for this election that I've seen thus far.

SW-User

@RemovedUsername8862 but you are throwing out a corrupt candidate. if he wasnt corrupted and was a decent person. it would have been republican won.

RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M

@SW-User Could very well have been, and we can play with hypotheticals all day. It'll be interesting to see what the voting looks like in 2018 as other seats become available.

SW-User

@RemovedUsername8862 well you have to think. the democrat almost lost to the guy and he had a lot going against him. there hasnt been a democrat there in 20 years and it took a pedo to lose by a slim margin.

RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M

@SW-User Indeed, as well as endorsements from Republican senators for the opponent against Moore. Which is frankly shocking.

SW-User

@RemovedUsername8862 no one wants to be tainted by it. the democrats got al fraken to step down and john conyers from michigan to step down for sexual assault allegations. the repubs most likely didnt want to deal with the fall out of having him represent their party.

RemovedUsername8862 · 26-30, M

@SW-User Indeed, or the mess that an expulsion vote might cause down the road.