A new poll out Tuesday shows nearly half of Republicans do not want to see Roy Moore expelled should he win the Alabama Senate seat.

The Quinnipiac University survey shows 49 percent of Republicans say Mr. Moore should not be expelled. This compared to 60 percent of voters overall who say he should be expelled if elected.

“Roy Moore may make it to the Senate chambers, but an overwhelming majority of American voters would like to rip the welcome mat out from under him and send him packing back to Alabama,” Tim Malloy, assistant director of the poll, said in a statement.

Mr. Moore has been accused of pursuing sexual relationships with girls in their teens while he was in his 30s. One accuser says she was 14 years old when Mr. Moore took her to his home and touched her inappropriately.



Mr. Moore is the Republican candidate in the Alabama Senate race. He has said the allegations are false and vowed to stay in the race until the Dec. 12 general election.

On the issue harassment overall, a startling 60 percent of women polled say they themselves have experienced harassment. Among those who have experienced harassment, 69 percent say it happened at work while 43 percent said it happened in a social setting. Another 15 percent say they were harassed at home.