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Why Jones won: Moore missed Trump’s standard in every Alabama county

Lost
(voted more
democratic)
Gained
(voted more
republican)
In percentage
points
-15
-10
-5
0
5
Flipped county
Each dot represents
500 people
Comparing Moore in 2012
to Moore in 2017
In 2012, Moore won a state Supreme Court seat. In 2017 he outperformed his margins in 32 counties, but in 35 others he did worse.
Huntsville
Decatur
NORTH AND
CENTRAL
Gadsden
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Auburn
Selma
Montgomery
BLACK BELT
SOUTH
Dothan
Mobile
Comparing Trump in 2016
to Moore in 2017
Every single county swung left compared to 2016, with some moving more than 15 points. Moore lost 12 counties that Trump won.
Huntsville
Decatur
NORTH AND CENTRAL
Gadsden
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Auburn
Selma
Montgomery
BLACK BELT
SOUTH
Dothan
Mobile

Gained
(voted more republican)
Each dot represents
500 people
Lost
(voted more democratic)
In percentage
points
Flipped county
-15
-10
-5
0
5
Comparing Moore in 2012
to Moore in 2017
Comparing Trump in 2016
to Moore in 2017
In 2012, Moore won a state Supreme Court seat. In 2017 he outperformed his margins in 32 counties, but in 35 others he did worse.
Every single county swung left compared to 2016, with some moving more than 15 points. Moore lost 12 counties that Trump won.
Moore lost support in the ring of mostly white counties east of Birmingham.
Huntsville
Huntsville
NORTH AND
CENTRAL
NORTH AND
CENTRAL
Birmingham
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
Selma
Selma
Montgomery
BLACK BELT
BLACK BELT
SOUTH
SOUTH
Moore’s vote share increased in the mostly rural white region.
The Black Belt had strong turnout and support for Jones, who won a bigger margin there than Clinton did last year.
Mobile
Exit polls show gender, racial divides
Sex by race
Sex by race
Sex by race
Sex by race
Jones (D)
Write-in
Moore (R)
White men 35% of voters
White women 31% of voters
Black men 11% of voters
Black women 17% of voters
Race
Race
Race
Jones (D)
Write-in
Moore (R)
White 66% of voters
Black 29% of voters
NET Nonwhite 34% of voters
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