A win in the Deep South for Democrats, the first in an Alabama Senate race since 1992, would be a rebuke to Trump and Bannon, who have promoted Moore over the objections of establishment Republicans. The victory would also lend credibility to Democratic efforts to regain control of the Senate next year. "The Democratic path to a Senate majority in 2018 involves a miracle somewhere," says Kyle Kondik, a political analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics. "And we may be on the cusp of a Democratic miracle in Alabama."