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Alabama's Senate race is too close to call, according to a new poll released on Saturday that shows Republican nominee Roy Moore continues to find support in the state after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.

According to a Washington Post-Schar School poll, Democrat and former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones leads Moore 50 to 47 percent among likely voters as the Dec. 12 special election nears. A three-point lead falls within the poll's 4.5 percentage point margin of error


Moore, a former state Supreme Court justice, has continued to campaign for the seat in deep red Alabama despite allegations he sought sexual relationships with teenage girls. Moore has denied the allegations and resisted calls from senior Republicans, including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel, to drop out.

A POLITICO/Morning Consult national poll conducted in late November found Democrats were more likely than Republicans to believe allegations of sexual misconduct. According to that survey, 41 percent of voters think the allegations against Moore are credible, 21 percent do not think they are credible and 38 percent are undecided. Only 30 percent of Republicans found the allegations credible.

President Donald Trump has not joined party leaders in calling for Moore to drop out, instead attacking Jones without explicitly mentioning Moore. The Washington Post reported that Trump will hold a rally near the Florida-Alabama border four days before the special election, but so far the president has not campaigned for Moore.

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Like McConnell, President Trump backed Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) in the GOP primary.

The Washington Post-Schar School poll was conducted from Nov. 27 to Nov. 30 by Abt Associates and reached a sample of 749 likely voters in the state. According to the paper, to avoid influencing respondents the Post's sponsorship of the poll was not mentioned until the end of the interviews. Allegations about Moore's sexual misconduct were first published by the Post on Nov. 9.