The V: Voters engaged but unconvinced as rhetoric misses mark

On this week’s episode of “The Voice of Alabama Politics,” Bill Britt, Susan Britt and Josh Moon said Alabama Republican voters are paying attention to the 2026 statewide races but remain largely undecided.

Polling discussed on the program showed no clear front-runner in several major GOP contests. More than 30 percent of voters were undecided in the U.S. Senate race, more than 60 percent were undecided in the lieutenant governor’s race and nearly 70 percent were undecided in the attorney general’s race. The agriculture commissioner’s race had nearly 75 percent undecided.

“Voters are paying attention—but they’re not convinced,” Bill Britt said.

Moon said many campaigns are failing to focus on the issues voters say matter most, including grocery prices, gas, utilities and health care.

“It’s a lot harder … to talk about issues that actually affect people,” Moon said.

The episode also examined criticism of an attorney general campaign ad from candidate Jay Mitchell and a controversy inside the Alabama House Republican Caucus involving Representative Arnold Mooney, R-Indian Springs, who was reportedly removed after being caught recording a closed-door caucus meeting.

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