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The most recent report showed more than 43,500 of the country's roughly 615,000 bridges were rated poor.
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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 throughout the state. outside mobile, in the huntsville area. so much energy on the democratic side. you...
There. >> and he was also saying outside huntsville, outside mobile, outside birmingham. these are the more college educated white upscale areas. that's the electorate that can shift here. and that, i believe, is the key to this election. we got to have high turnout in each party's base. but if jones is getting 50% of the vote or even in the high 30s in some of these areas, he's going to win. it's hard to tell in these exit polls, at least at this point. >> we don't have specific turnout data from any of these places, but this is what we have, 45 minutes coming in. these final moments. >> brea...
Rachel maddow who has made it down the hall. can you hold for a second? we're 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, we're 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 significant, i think. moore's margin here, a little over 13,000. it will probably about 13 or 14,000 ...