Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)

I don’t know where the bizarre idea that white mostly-uneducated Republicans might vote against a child molester comes from. Sure, in an open primary they might prefer the non-molester if he’s a Republican. But they’ll vote for a child-molesting Republican over any Democrat.

Yes, Roy Moore was defeated in Alabama, but that’s only because Black Alabamans turned out in record numbers. Here are statistics about the white vote in the election Moore lost. (The graphic I copied from selected for “no college” rather than “Republican” but, although correlation isn’t perfect, we can use it as a proxy here.)