A wide-ranging poll conducted by an Alabama firm indicates Republican Roy Moore is still holding a strong lead in his Senate race.

At the same time, Democrat Doug Jones is polling well enough to show "signs of life" for the Democratic Party in a deeply Republican state, the poll's memo said.

And Gov. Kay Ivey received indicators of strong support in her bid to be elected governor next year, receiving a more favorable rating from poll participants than President Trump.

Cygnal conducted the landline and cell phone survey Oct. 2-5, polling 497 Senate general election voters. The poll has a margin of error of 4.4 percent. It's the first poll Cygnal said it had conducted since July in which at least 90 percent of participants said they were definitely voting in the Dec. 12 Senate election.

Moore holds an eight-point lead over Jones in the poll released exactly two months before the election. Moore got support from 49 percent of poll participants to Jones' 41 percent.

That's consistent with two other polls released during the general election campaign that had Moore leading by six and eight points.

Name recognition is still an issue for Jones, the poll said. Eighteen percent of poll participants said they had "never heard" of Jones -- the former U.S. attorney who successfully prosecuted two men charged in the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham that killed four young girls during the Civil Rights Movement.

Meanwhile, Jones has a five-point lead among poll participants ages 18-49, which the poll memo said would make up just 27 percent of the projected electorate. Voters 50 and older, however, favor Moore by 12 points.

Jones is polling strongest in his home market of Birmingham, leading Moore 46-45 percent. In other major markets around the state, Moore holds at least a 14-point lead. Moore's strong support among large media markets is in Mobile, where he leads 57-36.

The poll also said 51 percent of poll participants identified as Alabama Crimson Tide fans to 22 percent for the Auburn Tigers. Moore graduated from Alabama.

"Judge Roy Moore's 'manifest destiny' to fill Alabama's vacant U.S. Senate seat hasn't shown any signs of slowing down in the general election environment," the poll's memo said. " Fueled by strong combination of support from fans of his alma mater and the low name ID of his opponent, Moore is out to an early eight-point lead.

"Despite Moore's seeming grip on the Senate seat, Jones' 41 percent support in a 'crimson' red state shows signs of life for the Democrat's campaign - or at least reflects the polarizing nature of his opponent."

The memo invoked Auburn's miracle 2013 defeat of Alabama by returning a missed field goal 109 yards for the winning touchdown as time expired - known as the Kick 6 - to demonstrate the state of the Senate race.

"As with every survey, final results will determined by turnout," the memo said. " The results of this survey indicate that a lower turnout bodes well for Moore. While we expect this race to heat up significantly moving into November, any scenario short of a Kick-6 turnaround will have Moore on the victor's stage in December."

The poll also asked participants about its views on Ivey - who became governor in April after Robert Bentley's scandal-forced resignation. Poll participants gave Ivey a 65 percent favorable rating - higher than Trump's 58 percent or Moore's 53 percent. Jones had a favorable rating of 43 percent.

Ivey, twice elected the state's lieutenant governor, is seeking to be elected governor next year.

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