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Indiana/North Carolina Results Thread |
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CNN has early results breaking strong for Clinton…59-41, with 5% reporting, as I write this. No surprise.
North Carolina polls close at 7:30 eastern.
Hold onto your butts.
[UPDATE 19:30]:
Indiana, 17% reporting
Clinton - 109,566 - 57%
Obama - 83,076 - 43%
CNN calls it for Obama in NC, but no results yet.
[UPDATE 20:00 - Jason Rosenbaum]
Indiana, 38% reporting
Clinton - 234,005 - 56%
Obama - 182,406 - 44%
North Carolina, 4% reporting
Clinton - 56,099 - 34%
Obama - 105,862 - 64% (projected winner)
No preference - 1,555 - 1%
Bowers is predicting Clinton to win Indiana.
[UPDATE 20:30 - Alex]:
Indiana, 50% reporting
Clinton - 320,596 - 55%
Obama - 262,783 - 45%
North Carolina, 13% reporting
Obama - 275,885 - 64%
Clinton - 148,433 - 34%
No preference - 4,266 - 1%
Check out CNN’s Indiana map. Some wonder if an upset is still possible. I’d say not likely, but so many little Clinton counties already have 100% of their results in. Depends on the Chi-town suburbs, it seems.
Let’s hope he keeps that NC number over 60% for the symbolic crushing.
[UPDATE 21:00 - Alex]
Indiana, 65% reporting (still no winner)
Clinton - 430,228 - 53%
Obama - 378,266 - 47%
North Carolina, 21% reporting (Obama wins)
Obama - 358,317 - 62%
Clinton - 212,189 - 36%
No preference - 6,724 - 1%
At what point does Clinton take on Huckabee status?
It’s over, Obama’s victory in NC just eliminated the gains Clinton made in PA…and with no other large states left her candidacy has nowhere to go. Obama has the nomination.
I believe you’re correct sir. Now do we dare hope for an upset in Indiana?
upset…well, if Clinton wins by 3 points or so (which I think is how it will turn out), that means Obama closed a 10 pt gap during the worst 3 weeks of his campaign…so technically a, let’s say, 5 pt “loss” for Obama should be viewed as a loss for Clinton. Her campaign is out of money, the Rev Wright shit didn’t work on anyone under the age of 60, and she can’t convince superdelegates that she’s the viable candidate. It’s over. Finally.