Given the misdirected spending priorities, Democrats were lucky that many groups in Alabama, especially black organizers (and especially black women), stepped in, picked up the slack and turned out the vote. Looking ahead to 2018, can Democrats progress from being lucky to being smart? But this formula for victory is more applicable in other states because most white voters outside of Alabama are not as conservative as those inside the state. By emphasizing turnout in 2018 — especially of voters of color — Democrats can take control of the Senate, the House of Representatives and at least five statehouses. They sent Doug Jones to the United States Senate, and they can bring Democrats back to prominence and power in states and districts across the country.

Source: New York Times December 16, 2017 01:35 UTC