Getting black voters to vote is critical if Doug Jones is to overcome Roy Moore (Roop/al.com)

Updated Nov 27; Posted Nov 27

Birmingham barber Brian King says he'll vote for Democrat Doug Jones in Alabama's Dec. 12 Senate election, but he doesn't "feel good about it."

Black voters are mad at Democrats, too, King told AL.com a few days before Thanksgiving. They're tired of voting for people who won't fight for their interests, he said.

Alabama political scientists say getting black voters like King to vote is critical if Jones is to overcome Republican Roy Moore in one of America's reddest states. Alabama has nearly 2.3 million active voters, according to official records, and only 846,651 of them are active black voters.

Secretary of State John Merrill expects between 950,000 and 1 million voters to go to the polls Dec. 12. No one is speculating on the racial breakdown of that number.

"The black voting is indeed crucial for Jones to make things interesting on Dec. 12," William Stewart, professor emeritus of political sciences at the University of Alabama, said this month.
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Lots of street interviewers with "just folks". They run the gamut.