Jones Takes Lead in Alabama

Doug Jones is heading into tomorrow's Senate Election in Alabama with a small but growing lead over Roy Moore. After being tied at the end of last week, Jones has started to add support over the past couple of days to move ahead 54-46.

Since Eyesover uses online data for its polling, determining the location of a specific account is not always possible if the account owner chooses not to publish their location. However, Eyesover can segment the individuals discussing the Alabama election online into groups of people who are from Alabama and those who have no confirmed location (they may be from Alabama or any other location).

The variance in support levels between these two groups is interesting as the Alabama group shows the 54-46 lead for Jones while the data from the Unconfirmed Location (UL) group shows a closer race at 51-49 for Jones. 

When we dive down into the issues these groups are discussing in relation to the election, the Alabama group's top issue is Healthcare while the UL group's top issue is Human Rights/Women's Issues.