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Two resounding voices in alabama s electorate are being heard today. women and black voters came out in big numbers to make doug jones the first democrat in 25 years one of that state s u.s. senators. 57% of women cast their vote for jones and black voters made up 29% of total voters. that s more than the 28% who turned out back in 2012 to vote for a guy named barack obama when he ran for his second term. black voters vote for jones over moore 96% to 4%. for more, new york times opinion column michelle goldberg and adrian elrod. ladies, thank you for being with me. thanks, craig. you wrote an op-ed that caught our attention before the election. i want to read a snippet. moore in the senate would send a message that defending slavery, ....
Republicans could be an interesting coalition that could be a winning coalition for democrats across this nation. you know, i think the real story within the african-american community is really the black women s vote. and women s vote generally. jones was able to garner 57% of all female voters last night. 57%. and that was 16 points more than moore. and i you know, with that it meant that african-american women voted for jones by 98% while white women voted for him by 37%. look, i think that it s really important that we get a coalition. what we learned last night is we can put together winning coalitions, even in the reddest of states and places like alabama, people will look at the candidate selection and the issues. the message matters. the candidate matters. also the coalition-building matters as well. i know you ve got to go and vote. i ll let you go. the pride and joy of selma, alabama. congresswoman, thank you. ....
Never mind segregation, is no longer beyond the pale. we have been focused on the sexual misconduct allegations against roy moore, which of course he denies, but you contend and have been contending for a couple weeks now that this was much bigger than just the women. explain. i think that was obviously part of it, right, most women, most people don t want a pedophile in congress. but the i think accused. an accused pedophile in congress. i think one of the things that got lost in the focus on his sexual transgressions is that there were so many other things that should have disqualified roy moore, including his absolutely vicious racism, apologies for slavery, apologies for segregation. this is someone who when asked by an african-american at one of his rallies, when was the last time america was truly great? his answer is it was great during the time of slavery ....
Voters here. you know, the black voter turnout last night speaks volumes, i think, to the motivation of a lot of people who have historically in alabama not played a large role in state elections and in state wide elections. so, i think that s a pretty clear message to them nationally. i want to go back here, josh, to something that congresswoman sewell said there as well, a top line for me at least. black voters coming out in obama-like numbers for doug jones. here s the thing, no obama on the ticket, nonpresidential year. the temperature in alabama yesterday, you know, i know it s close to 50 degrees and in alabama that might as well be 20, and you know what folks say about voters of color when the conditions aren t perfect, we don t show up to vote. that wasn t the case last night. the 29% of the turnout last night, similar to the 28% in 2012. exactly the same as 2008. ....