Virginia:Obama 64%
Clinton 35%Maryland:
Obama 59%
Clinton 36%
District of Columbia:
Obama 75%
Clinton 24%
For the first time, Obama has cut into Hillary Clinton’s base. His momentum is beginning to reach into Clinton’s core constituencies, and pull them apart.
AP:
Obama was getting the backing of two-thirds of men and nearly six in 10 women, according to preliminary data from exit polls of voters conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks. In previous Democratic presidential primaries, Clinton — the New York senator bidding to become the first female president — has carried a slight majority of women while Obama has enjoyed support from slimmer majorities of males.
Among Independents:
One out of every five Democratic primary voters were independent — and those voters chose Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton, 67 to 32 percent….Roughly one out of every five voters in the GOP primary were independent as well – but those voters did not vote for the party’s likely nominee, John McCain, who had been expected to benefit from their support. Instead, independent voters backed Mike Huckabee over McCain, 43 to 34 percent, with Ron Paul pulling in 19 percent.
