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The most recent report showed more than 43,500 of the country's roughly 615,000 bridges were rated poor.

The most recent report showed more than 43,500 of the country's roughly 615,000 bridges were rated poor.

Suburbanites. they have the highest concentration of college degrees. mitt romney got 80% of the vote here. donald trump got 73% in 2016. what happened last night? roy moore won it, but he got 56% of the vote. 56% for a republican in a place where riepublicans are supposed to be winning with 75, 80%. the plurality was 90%. a republican should be getting a 30,000 vote plurality. if he had gotten that just out of shelby that would have put moore in a tie with jones. so you saw this in suburbs thro...

There. >> and he was also saying outside huntsville, outside mobile, outside birmingham. these are the more college educated white upscale areas. thats the electorate that can shift here. and that, i believe, is the key to this election. we got to have high turnout in each partys base. but if jones is getting 50% of the vote or even in the high 30s in some of these areas, hes going to win. its hard to tell in these exit polls, at least at this point. >> we dont have specific turnout data from an...

Rachel maddow who has made it down the hall. can you hold for a second? were going to go to steve kornacki at the board. >> more voters come in on both sides here. the gap still sits at 13,000. i think if there is a significant development, were talking about the big places left on the map where there is a lot of votes still out there. is one that is pretty much all filled in now. baldwin county. outside mobile. this is a traditionally very republican county. almost all the votes in. this is sig...

You get it down to 61 or 62, if they do that they would be on track in that county. here, very quickly the other counties with the high share of college graduates, you have shelby, not good work at at. shelby right there outside, huntsville, madison, take a look in jefferson that is where birmingham is, lee, that is where auburn university is, montgomery, the state capital, baldwin, outside mobile. these are areas with high for alabama college graduates. this is what the democrats are looking fo...