Winners and losers from Alabama

The Washington Post looks at the winners and losers from the stunning win for the Democrats in Alabama.

Winners

  • Democrats’ Senate majority hopes – now only need to pick up two seats in 2018
  • The #MeToo movement
  • Democrats’ pulse in the Deep South – the first win since 1992
  • African American turnout
  • The gender gap – Moore won men by 13% but lost women by 17%

Losers

  • President Trump – Moore’s 2nd biggest backer
  • Stephen Bannon – Moore’s biggest backer
  • Senate Republicans – lost half their majority
  • Mitch McConnell
  • Roy Moore’s surrogates

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