How the Tide Turned Against Roy Moore in Alabama<br />Residents in Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville and Montgomery, which have high populations of black residents<br />and young professionals, turned out in unusually high numbers, and Mr. Jones won more than 60 percent of the vote.<br />Mr. Trump won Lee County, home to Auburn University, with 58 percent of the vote; Mr. Moore won just 41 percent.<br />These are counties that are at least 75 percent white, and where at least 20 percent of residents have a college degree.<br />The belt of predominantly white counties that were Mr. Trump’s most enthusiastic backers<br />appeared to be the most demoralized: Turnout was down 45 percent from a year ago.<br />By FORD FESSENDEN and<br />Big cities, college towns and black communities sent a wave of energized voters to cast<br />ballots for Doug Jones, the Democratic Senate candidate, in Alabama on Tuesday.
