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Indiana And North Carolina - In The National Spotlight
By Bloggaman | May 7, 2008
Can anyone ever remember when Indiana and North Carolina were a factor in the primaries leading up to the General Presidential Election? I sure can’t. I think a lot of states are loving their place this year with actually having a voice in who the candidates will be. It makes you understand why all the states were fighting so hard to move up their primaries or caucuses.
A couple weeks ago it was Pennsylvania, then over the weekend it was Guam. For Guam to be a factor, albeit a very, very small one, says a lot. This is a great thing for our country and we are getting more people out to vote then ever before. When the general election comes in November I think we will have a great turnout because more people have had a say this year than ever before.
Results
In fact, North Carolina is reporting nearly 50% turnout for the primaries yesterday and Indiana has said 
their turnout was more like a general election than a primary. Indianapolis set a record for turnout after only six hours of being open.
As expected, Barack Obama won North Carolina. He ended up winning bigger than most thought he would, 58% to 42% and that definitely helps him. The Indiana race was tight all night and was at 52%-48% for a long time before more votes came in and tightened the race even more 51-49.
By nearly 12am CDT, Indiana was still up in the air. Lake County votes were coming in very slow for some reason. They had the Governor of Hammond, Indiana on CNN and he was saying his results had been turned in around 6pm so why they were taking so long is anyone’s guess.
As of midnight last night the delegate count was 1818 to 1669. Obama is that much closer to the 2025 but he is still not likely to make it there without the superdelegates. That means this race will continue on unless Hillary surprises us and puts an end to it. Either way you look at it, it was a great night for Barack Obama, especially when you look at North Carolina.
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