JUST IN: New Poll Shows Roy Moore in Trouble! Is He?

By Andrea Ruth | 6:48 PM on October 17, 2017

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Patricia Jones, a supporter of former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, shows support for the candidate with America flags before an election party, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Could Alabama be the first deep red state to flip a long-held Republican Senate seat to Democrat?

A new surprising, if not outright shocking, Fox News poll shows Democrat Doug Jones in a veritable 42/42 tie with Republican Roy Moore, who beat Trump-endorsed Luther Strange last month.

BREAKING! Roy Moore & Doug Jones tied in #AL-SEN @FoxNews #Poll MORE: https://t.co/gbaOyMA1Wq pic.twitter.com/qh3WXCwKAb

— Fox News Poll (@foxnewspoll) October 17, 2017

Looks pretty bad. And it is without a doubt a bad sign. But the Fox News poll is currently an outlier, with other pollsters showing Jones from 5 to 8 percentage points behind Moore’s lead.

Opinion-Savvy/DDHQ: Moore 50% Jones 45%
JMC Analytics: Moore 48% Jones 40%
Cygnal/L2: Moore 49% Jones 41%
Fox: Moore 42% Jones 42% https://t.co/rhoh5AJLfo

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) October 17, 2017

If Jones manages to pull off a win, it won’t be because Alabama has suddenly has become a blue state. It will be because Republicans chose a candidate so bad in last month’s run-off, the pro-abortion Jones was preferable or voters simply decide to stay home.