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Thou- This was the third attack that sands of citizens fled the smoke- has taken place in New York since can candidates win by such a large him. margin, so a lot of pollsters don’t both- Either way, the result of the elec- filled scene in a haste. A number of September 2016. Two months ago er analyzing election results as careful- tion meant trouble for the Republi- police officers came in and began there was one in which eight peo- to cover the scene as everything ple died in an attack that took ly as they would in other states. cans. A loss would mean the Republi- Second, there were multiple accu- cans would have to suffer defeat in a reached a standstill. place near the Hudson River. Luckily the bomb had failed to These attacks have been classified sations of sexual misconduct brought state that, historically, has been loyal against Republican candidate Roy to the Republican party whereas a win detonate so the only person that as having a “lone wolf” attacker. Moore by women who said he mis- would mean that the Republican Party was injured from the incident was Overall with this attack it was the attacker himself. The attacker very fortunate that no innocent treated them when they were teenag- has to deal with one of their senators ers. Moore denied that any of these battling some serious allegations of was captured through all of the people were killed or harmed in accusations were true, but they defi- sexual misconduct. Fortunately for chaos and the smoke. He was later any way. identified as 27 year old Akayed Hopefully this does not become nitely had an effect on the election. For them, the latter is not a problem since example, a couple of ‘high-profile’ Re- the sexual allegations were enough to Ullah. He told police that his ac- a habit and we will not see news of tions were motivated by the United any more attacks in New York City publicans have spoken out against make a red state turn blue, and thus Moore because of the allegations. Ala- cut the Republican advantage in the States’ involvement with the ISIS or anywhere else for that matter. bama Senator Richard Shelby said that Senate to 51-49. targets in Syria and other places. He picked this particular location the “Republican Party can do better.” Senator Cory Gardner, chair of the One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State The special election to replace for- Why was this a close race in the first mer Alabama Senator and current place? General Attorney Jeff Sessions came to First, special elections are weird, an end last Tuesday (December 12). and experts who are typically able to Democratic candidate Doug Jones have an educated guess at the outcome narrowly defeated Republican candi- are not as reliable in these kinds of date Roy Moore late last Tuesday by a elections, especially in Alabama. Polls slim margin of 20,000 votes (about 1.6 were all over the place during the day percent of voters), making Jones the of the election. first Democrat sent by Alabama to the One poll put Jones 10 points Senate in 25 years. ahead of Moore while another poll put Alabama sending a Democrat to Moore 9 points ahead of Jones. Special the U.S. Senate is pretty big news and elections, as the name implies, aren’t a big win for Democrats in a state like normal elections; they happen a whose shade of red is so deep that if lot less frequently which means that Crayola produced a box of 50-count there are not as many data for experts crayons, one crayon representing each to look back on and compare with cur- state, Alabama’s crayon would have rent day data. This comparison of da- the words ‘quintessential red’ inked ta, helps the pollsters to make their onto its side. According to an article educated guesses. Well, with a less on theatlantic.com related to the elec- amount of data comes less of an edu- The Republican candidate, Roy Moore (above), was narrowly de- tion, “Republican voters outnumber cated guess. feated by Democrat Doug Jones on Tuesday December 12. Democrats by roughly a 2-1 ratio in Alabama.” So, how did this happen? Photo Courtesy of Time.com Net Neutrality repeal Marc Schmitt Editor-in-Chief The Rose Thorn Tuesdays O259 5:15pm Journalism Isn’t Always Black and White.