Only 18% of Alabama voters came out to vote in the 2017 Republican and Democratic primaries for the special election to fill the seat formerly held by current U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. State election officials only estimated a slight bump in the general election. However, unofficial results at the end of Tuesday’s contest show a whopping 40% turnout rate helped contibute to Doug Jones’s victory.
Surely the rbigoted postions and scandalous troubles of GOP candidate Roy Moore (which included allegations of his sexually assaulting and dating teenage girls) and President Donald Trump’s stumping for the Republican nominee elevated the race and drew in more voters. However, so did the work of countless local organizing and civic engagement groups.
Below is the list of organizations that she refers to as a starting point to learn from and support financially.