Tuesday, voters in Indiana and North Carolina of the United States cast their votes in the tightly contested presidential primaries of the Democratic Party. Barack Obama The Associated Press declared Barack Obama the winner in the North Carolina Democratic primary, based on exit-polling data, and CNN has also projected that Obama will win the North Carolina primary and take the majority of its 115 delegates. Reuters also reported Obama winning in North Carolina, and described his current national status as an "almost unassailable lead in pledged delegates". 72 delegates were at stake in Indiana, a state which Foon Rhee of The Boston Globe described as "a must-win" for Hillary Clinton. Voter turnout was high in Indiana, and a judge ordered some of the state's polling locations to remain open past closing time due to long lines of people waiting to vote. Counting of the results was also delayed as returns from Lake County , a county which is considered a Obama stronghold because of the county's large African-American population and its close proximity to Chicago were waited upon. Around 12:30 the results came through and which brought Obama 17,000 votes closer to Clinton, leading to a 2\% margin over Obama. This was in contrast to earlier in the night when the polls first closed and Clinton lead over Obama in the double digits.
Tuesday, voters in Indiana and North Carolina of the United States cast their votes in the tightly contested of the Democratic Party. Barack Obama The Associated Press declared Barack Obama the winner in the North Carolina Democratic primary, based on exit-polling data, and has also projected that Obama will win the North Carolina primary and take the majority of its 115 delegates. also reported Obama winning in North Carolina, and described his current national status as an "almost unassailable lead in pledged delegates". 72 delegates were at stake in Indiana, a state which Foon Rhee of described as "a must-win" for Hillary Clinton. Voter turnout was high in Indiana, and a judge ordered some of the state's polling locations to remain open past closing time due to long lines of people waiting to vote. Counting of the results was also delayed as returns from , a county which is considered a Obama stronghold because of the county's large African-American population and its close proximity to were waited upon. Around 12:30 the results came through and which brought Obama 17,000 votes closer to Clinton, leading to a 2\% margin over Obama. This was in contrast to earlier in the night when the polls first closed and Clinton lead over Obama in the double digits.
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