A Fox News poll published Thursday shows Roy Moore's Democratic opponent opening up a lead against him in the Alabama Senate race. Of the voters surveyed, 50% said they would vote for the Democratic nominee Doug Jones and 42% said they would choose Moore if the special election were held today. Polls were much tighter one week ago, before Moore's sexual harassment scandal intensified in the last few days. Moore has defied calls to exit the race and still enjoys support from the Alabama GOP, despite losing critical backing from the national Republican Party. The embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore has lost some ground against his Democrat opponent amid the fallout over Moore's sexual misconduct scandal. A Fox News poll released on Thursday shows that, if the Alabama special election were held today, 50% of likely voters surveyed said they would vote for the Democratic nominee Doug Jones, and 42% said they would choose Moore. The numbers were similar among registered voters, with 49% saying they would choose Jones and 40% saying they would select Moore, a notable shift for the deep-red state that has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in more than two decades. The Fox News poll was conducted from November 13 to November 15, as the sexual harassment allegations against Moore gained momentum.