Official Indiana Democratic Primary Discussion Thread

[Verily]

Clinton wins whites 60-40; Obama wins blacks 92-8.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Republicans preferred Clinton, for the first time. Independents still preferred Obama, a sure sign of Limbaugh propping up Clinton.

Tell that to someone from a decade ago and watch their head explode

[Everett]

What, there was a primary today?

[Eraserhead]

HuffPo has updated exit poll leaks:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/06/exit-polls-indiana-north_n_100447.html

    Indiana

    Obama: 50.5%

    Clinton: 49.5%

    North Carolina

    Obama: 60%

    Clinton: 38%

lol.

[Verily]

Those who said race was important were more strongly for Clinton than those who said it wasn't.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

What, there was a primary today?

Yes.

Mitt Romney is dead, btw.

[Verily]

89% said they'd been affected by the recession.

[Hash]

59-41 for Clinton with 4% in.

[ChrisFromNJ]

Exit polls say Hillary is winning by 4 points.

[Eraserhead]

Clinton wins whites 60-40; Obama wins blacks 92-8.

Almost exactly the same as PA.

[Keystone Phil]

Exit polls say Hillary is winning by 4 points.

So it'll actually be Hillary by eight, right? Which happens to be my prediction, by the way.  

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Clinton wins whites 60-40; Obama wins blacks 92-8.

Almost exactly the same as PA.

Die now

Edit: not literally. But... symbolically. Or something

[Verily]

Clinton wins whites 60-40; Obama wins blacks 92-8.

Almost exactly the same as PA.

Slightly better for Obama than PA; there it was 63-37 and 90-10.

[ChrisFromNJ]

Exit polls say Hillary is winning by 4 points.

So it'll actually be Hillary by eight, right? Which happens to be my prediction, by the way. 

I think I said 8 too. I may come close.

[kevinatcausa]

The number from the exit poll on the Times' site I found interesting is the last one:

Which candidate do you think shares your values?

%of total	Answer	% for Clinton	% for Obama
24	Only Hillary Clinton	99	1
27	Only Barack Obama	1	99
38	Both of them	55	45
9	Neither of them	74	25

How accurate is that last row as an quantitative estimation of the "Limbaugh effect"?

[Verily]

Probably very good, as it filters out those who genuinely like one of the candidates they're crossing over for.

[JohnCA246]

Obama is doing better in Allen county than I thought, everything else about what I expected, lets wait to see how Indy votes.

[Alcon]

Obama is doing very well in Fort Wayne and I have no realistic explanation why

Edit: mokbubble wins!

[JohnCA246]

lol ditto

[kevinatcausa]

On the other hand it catches Edwards' supporters who are disgusted with both candidates and are going with the lesser of two evils, from their point of view.

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The number from the exit poll on the Times' site I found interesting is the last one:

Which candidate do you think shares your values?

%of total	Answer	% for Clinton	% for Obama
24	Only Hillary Clinton	99	1
27	Only Barack Obama	1	99
38	Both of them	55	45
9	Neither of them	74	25

How accurate is that last row as an quantitative estimation of the "Limbaugh effect"?

That's not the only indication. Here are all the ones I found.

Clinton won:

Republicans by 8 points
Conservatives by 30 points (even more among people who say they're very conservative)
People who say neither are trustworthy by 51 points
People who say neither share their values by 51 points
People who say both attacked unfairly by 32 points

[exopolitician]

Curious [not to sound rude or anything] but why do old voters [+65] love Hillary Clinton? Im kinda confused...

is it because shes older than Obama or the fact older voters want to see a woman in the whitehouse during their generation or do they trust her on the issues or something? Matchu needs input!

[ChrisFromNJ]

Curious [not to sound rude or anything] but why do old voters [+65] love Hillary Clinton? Im kinda confused...

is it because shes older than Obama or the fact older voters want to see a woman in the whitehouse during their generation or do they trust her on the issues or something? Matchu needs input!

Older voters don't like senators with only 2 years of experience and no significant policy achievements. That is my guess.

[bgwah]

Curious [not to sound rude or anything] but why do old voters [+65] love Hillary Clinton? Im kinda confused...

is it because shes older than Obama or the fact older voters want to see a woman in the whitehouse during their generation or do they trust her on the issues or something? Matchu needs input!

Old ladies want to see a woman president before they die.

The "I never thought I'd live to see" types.

[HardRCafé]

is it because shes older than Obama or the fact older voters want to see a woman in the whitehouse during their generation or do they trust her on the issues or something? Matchu needs input!

Obama is dangerous and scary.  Or something.