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NC Primary Coverage Continued
Posted May 06, 2008 at 7:31 PM

Many of the people voting at an urban Durham polling location chose Senator Obama as their presidential candidate.  Number crunchers on television say that around 90 percent of African Americans support Obama, and if that's the case, then the NC Central polling place was about 90 percent for Obama.  In fact, in the hour that I was there, every voter at the polling place was African American.

 

But Candace Armstrong, a volunteer for Senate candidate hopeful Jim Neal, said that many more Senator Clinton supportors came out than she originally expected.  "They are just quietier about their support," she said.

 

After covering a college town and a college city, I drove all the way to the rural town of Lillington.  This area could potentially be a stronghold for Clinton.  It is filled with middle-class, blue-collar Democrats.  Some citizens say Bill Clinton's visit to Lillington last week marked the first time a president has come to the little town, which may have helped Clinton gain more spporters.  So far, Clinton has considered this rural, blue-collar demographic as an important part of her core group of supporters.  But will the actual votes in Lillington support this statement? Find out in my next blog!


 
 
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