# Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 16, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-jim-jordan-r-oh/848003 "2020-02-16T01:19:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-jim-jordan-r-oh/848003/8 "2020-02-16T04:55:55Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> Will this impact his re-election efforts this year and how?

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.)

> [@2018 US midterm elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-us-midterm-elections/801125/176):
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> White men with no college voted for Moore over Jones, 79% to 19%.  
> White women with no college voted for Moore over Jones, 73% to 25%.
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> That’s right. **Uneducated white [Southern Men](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVRxdPWV3RM) preferred the child molester over the Democrat by more than a 4-to-1 margin.** Even among uneducated white women the margin was almost 3-to-1.

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