The number of accusers saying they were sexually harassed or abused by Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is now up to nine (with one of them being only 14 years-old at the time of the incident). The question now, of course, is whether this will matter to the voters in Alabama. It seems that many are ignoring the accusations, and continue to support Moore.
But the Republican's own poll shows he is losing support. It is the poll done by the National Republican Senatorial Committee -- the committee responsible for seeing that Republicans get elected to the Senate. In early October, their poll showed Moore with a 16 point lead over Democrat Doug Jones. A couple of weeks ago, that lead was still pretty strong at 9 points.
But their latest poll, done on November 13th and 14th, shows Moore has lost significant support -- and is now trailing by 12 points (39% to 51%).
Does Jones really lead the race right now. I don't know -- it's a small sample (500 registered voters) and probably has a large margin of error. But it is an encouraging sign for Democrats.
