[KellyB]

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama was projected to add to his string of recent victories with a substantial triumph over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Virginia’s Democratic presidential primary, NBC News reported Tuesday. In the Republican primary, NBC said the race between Sen. John McCain and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was too close to call.
Voters in Maryland and the District of Columbia also were going to the polls Tuesday.

An Obama triumph would make it six straight over Clinton, the former first lady, who is now struggling to keep up in a race she once commanded. With 168 delegates at stake on Tuesday, Obama hoped to build on the lead that he has gained on Clinton in the past week in NBC News' delegate count. Interviews with voters leaving the polls in Virginia showed Obama drawing strong support across race and gender lines, indicating that he was eating into Clinton's voter base.

Obama, who is hoping to become the first black president, won the votes of nine in 10 black voters in Virginia, where they were about a third of the electorate. That offset Clinton's support among white women, six in 10 of whom voted for her.

But overall, Obama won among both men and women, even winning among white men.

Obama won the votes of eight in 10 Virginia Democrats under age 30. He did better than Clinton in nearly every age group, although Clinton had stronger support among older voters. The two candidates were about even among senior citizens. Obama won the votes of six in 10 white voters under age 50, while Clinton won six in 10 white voters over age 50.



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[StereoXGirl]

OMG...I need to read more carefully. I read the title as "Obama to take Virgins". LOL!

Congrats to him (on Virginia)!

[Rougiore]

Originally Posted by StereoXGirl

OMG...I need to read more carefully. I read the title as "Obama to take Virgins". LOL!

Congrats to him (on Virginia)!

Lol, that's probably the greatest fear among white southern men.