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Obama - 48%
McCain - 47%
This basically means they’re tied, but Indiana is usually a very reliably red state, so this is actually quite surprising.
Some more info…

Among men, McCain leads by 5; among women, Obama leads by 7 — a 12-point gender gap.
Among voters age 18 to 49, Obama leads by 5; among voters 50+, McCain [...]

The first is New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin:
“Since the immediate days following the storm, I have been traveling to our nation’s capitol to advocate for policies that aid our rebuilding effort,” Nagin said in a statement released by the Obama campaign. “I know first hand, we desperately need the leadership of someone committed to changing [...]

She’s up by about 22,000 with 99% reporting so MSNBC is calling it.
However, there’s a lot of absentee ballots yet to count, so we’re not going to know the real totals, but it’ll be hard for Obama to make up over 22,000 votes.
Amazing night folks. See you in the morning!

Clinton - 606,497 - 50.69%
Obama - 589,888 - 49.31%
Folks, she’s only ahead by 1.38%
Total Vote- 1,196,385
More soon…

Here are some numbers…
The unprecedented amount of absentee and early-voting ballots is slowing the vote count at Lake County election headquarters and keeping Americans waiting for Indiana primary results.
As of 8:40 p.m. CDT, about half of 11,370 absentee and early voting ballots had been counted, said Michelle Fajman, the county’s elections supervisor. By contrast, in [...]

That’s the word:
According to his numbers, in most districts Clinton’s turnout in the city of Gary was near non-existent. One precinct saw 126 voters turn out for Obama, while only four voted for Clinton.
[Gary Mayor Rudy] Clay said the election is seeing a record turnout in the city.
“We’re used to having maybe a 22, 23 [...]

This is from March 30th.
From NWI.com:
“We’ve got this title that Gary people don’t vote,” Gary Mayor Rudy Clay said to the crowd. “It’s going to be eliminated because Gary is going to register more people than have ever registered before.”
During Indiana’s primary, Gary will be a name on the lips of newscasters on CNN, he [...]

Wow.
Clinton - 584,113 - 51%
Obama - 564,323 - 49%
Keep coming back!!! This is just like Missouri!!!

It’s starting to tighten.
Clinton - 574,643 - 52%
Obama - 536,332 - 48%
Lake County is going to start reporting in about 25 minutes.
However…
Washington Post is now reporting that the mayor of Gary, Indiana is saying that Lake County turned out overwhelming for Obama and it could turn this on its head. In fact, the mayor is [...]

With 85% of the vote already in, the total vote is 1,070,170 (Clinton - 555,261, Obama - 514,909)
That means the other 15% is going to basically be 185,000 votes. If Obama gets 57% out of Lake County, which is what I’ve heard recently, he’d get 105,450 and she’d get 79,550. That’s a difference of 25,900 [...]

These numbers from MSNBC:
Obama - 725,161 - 56%
Clinton - 543,476 - 42%
These numbers have been fairly steady for the past hour.
By the way, Zogby predicted it would be a 14% win.
He also thought Obama would win by 2% in Indiana.
We shall see…

Clinton - 515,289 - 52%
Obama - 479,085 - 48%
BUT, Lake Country has reported 1 vote. That’s a city that shares the Chicago media market and there are a TON of votes there. He could easily make up the difference there.
More soon…

These are the latest numbers from CNN:
Clinton - 503,060 - 51.61%
Obama - 471,609 - 48.38%
TOTAL - 974,669 - 3.23% difference
It’s razor thin right now.
Only a 31,451 vote difference.
More soon…

Wow.
Clinton - 481,229 - 52%
Obama - 443,591 - 48%
Who would have thunk it?
However, Chuck Todd just said on MSNBC that the Obama campaign doesn’t think they took it. By their calculations, they’re about 15,000 votes too short.
But if those numbers hold up, this is already a BIG story because Obama is keeping Indiana tight and [...]

It had been “too earlier to call.”
They also likened it to Missouri.
And we all remember what happened in Missouri…
I’m calling it for Obama. Yeah, that’s right, ME!!!
Here’s why…if you look at the counties who haven’t reported all their votes yet they’re all going to go for Obama.
I honestly can’t believe he pulled this one [...]

Clinton’s lead has shrunk to 53/47.
We could be in for a long night.

The numbers keep getting tighter.
First it was Hillary by 14.
Then 12.
The 10.
Now 8.
Is something happening in Indiana? Because it had been reported that totals from a lot Obama strongholds haven’t come in yet. Is that still the case?
Interesting…

That from Sam Stein…
n Indiana, despite the fact that the numbers portend a Clinton win, Obama is viewed as the nominee best able to win the White House, by a margin of 50 to 47 percent. In North Carolina, according to CNN, that divide is even more pronounced: “voters gave the edge to Barack Obama: [...]

I bet they’re breathing a sigh of relief right now, and the margin is probably over 5% if they’re calling it this early.
So what now? Can Obama win by enough to really make Hillary’s Indiana win seem insignificant?
We shall see…
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