Roy Moore toujours en avance en Alabama: pourquoi?

La partisanerie politique est-elle plus importante que les valeurs morales? Il semble que si on considère qu'ils sont nombreux à continuer d'appuyer Roy Moore même si on allègue qu'il a tenté d'obtenir les faveurs sexuelles d'une adolescente de 14 ans il y a plusieurs années. Les partisans de Moore avancent parfois des arguments pour le moins étonnants lorsqu'ils se portent à la défense de cet ancien juge controversé.

" Moore, who has made a career touting the Ten Commandments and defying federal authority, is a hero to many voters in Alabama, a deeply conservative and religious state where half the residents identify as evangelicals and say they oppose both abortion and LGBTQ rights. Moore, to say the least, has been outspoken on these issues. And an estimated one-third of voters in the state Republican Party, which dominates in Alabama, consistently support him.

 “Voters in this state have a history of ignoring sexual misconduct,” says Larry Powell, a professor of communications studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a political consultant and the author of books on state politics. “They voted for Trump, and he still has strong support in this state.”

Steve Flowers, a former state representative turned political commentator, also cites “Big” Jim Folsom, who had a penchant for kissing women on the campaign trail, saying he would start “with the 16-year-olds” and work his way to older ones from there. Folsom fathered a child out of wedlock while Alabama’s governor in the 1940s and was again elected governor in 1954."

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/12/alabama-slow-to-condemn-roy-moore-senate-215819