U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore rides to the polls Tuesday in Gallant, Ala. (Brynn Anderson/AP)Roy Moore rode to the polls on the American myth. The Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate was wearing a cowboy hat, jeans and a large signet ring. He arrived at the Alabama polls Tuesday morning in the manner that is his tradition, on the back of a horse named Sassy. The cameras captured Moore as he came trotting across a field with his wife, Kayla, trailing behind him on her own horse. [The fashion of politics, and why it matters]Politicians use clothing as costume all the time, but during Moore’s campaign against Democrat Doug Jones, the Republican threw himself into his costumes with fervor.

Source: Washington Post December 12, 2017 22:30 UTC