Commuter Class News Today

Mississippi does not have a lot of these sort of big metropolitan suburban areas. you see a hint of it here. what youre seeing more broadly across the rest of the south, when i say desoto county, this is one of the biggest counties in the state. look at that jump for espy here. mississippi is just more rural than a lot of other states. desoto, what you saw in this county, you see it outside atlanta. you see it outside houston. you see it outside dallas. that could be the future for democrats in ...

Some suburban areas in mississippi. and those voters we talk about, nationally democrats trying to rely on, college-educated, commuter class, white collar professional. a place like this, up here, de soto county, 15 miles from memphis, largest, fastest growing counties in mississippi. hyde-smith won it, but espy jumped up ten points from what hillary clinton got. >> notice the chris mcdaniel voters is this. >> no, what youre looking at -- potentially. but what youre looking at here are -- its ...

We look next door in alabama, those are the kinds of places where roy moore had slippage. none for cindy hyde-smith. its enough for her to win, a high single digit for her in the red state. >> it continues the trend weve seen in gaga, alabama, now mississippi. democrats really closing the gap, really movie back into competitive postures there for the first time in many decades. >> thats the thing. mississippi does not have a lot of these sort of big metropolitan suburban areas. you see a hint of...

Educated commuter class, that sort of thing. this tells the story, right outside birmingham, shelby county, this is the county with the highest concentration of college degrees in the state. donald trump won 72% of the vote here. roy here five years ago when he nearly lost a race for chief justice got 63. tonight, 56. look, he still wins this county, youre looking at this saying this is a red county. if a republican is getting 56% of the vote in shelby county, thats a catastrophe for a republica...