Alabama Senate candidate Doug Jones, a Democrat, is ahead of Republican candidate Roy Moore by 12 points, according to a new poll.

Moore faces several allegations from women who claim he initiated sexual contact with them as teenagers.



Democrat Doug Jones is leading Republican Roy Moore by 12 points in the Alabama Senate race, according to a new poll from the National Republican Senatorial Committee conducted in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against Moore.

The poll, conducted Nov. 12 and Nov. 13, shows Jones leads Moore 51-39 percent.

An NRSC poll conducted in early October showed Moore leading Jones by 16 points, and a subsequent survey from earlier this month indicated Moore was ahead of Jones by 9 points.

The conservative judge’s favorability has also fallen. A poll conducted at the beginning of October found 49 percent of likely voters had a favorable view of Moore, and his favorability increased to 51 percent in a poll conducted Nov. 6 and Nov. 7.

But voters’ views of Moore changed after four women accused him of pursuing romantic and sexual relations with them when they were teenagers.

In the latest poll from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, just 35 percent of voters have a favorable view of Moore.

The NRSC severed ties with Moore last week after four women revealed Moore pursued sexual and romantic relations with them when they were between the ages of 14 and 18. Moore was in his 30s at the time. NRSC Chairman Cory Gardner, R-Colo., has since called for Moore to be expelled from the Senate should he defeat Jones in next month’s special election.

A fifth woman came forward Monday and said Moore sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old. The woman said she feared the conservative judge was going to rape her.

The poll from the NRSC was conducted Nov. 12 and Nov. 13 and surveyed 500 registered voters.