As Pa. Polls Close, it's Too Close to Call
The Los Angeles Times reported that the polls closed today at 5 p.m. Pacific time too close to call.
Pennsylvania may be Senator Clinton's last best chance to appeal to her most loyal demographic: large populations of older, Catholic and blue-collar voters; the same sort that assisted in significant victories like Ohio.
Early exit polls reveled favorable statistics for Mrs. Clinton showing that women made up 60% of Tuesday's voters and about three in 10 were 65 or older. The turn-out was overwhelmingly white with nearly half of the electorate coming from families earning $50,000 a year or less.
Clinton used her popularity in the state attempting to disrupted her rivals, Senator Obama, lead by attacking his monetary spending advantage. "I think maybe the question ought to be, why can't he close the deal with his extraordinary financial advantage?" she said.
The Illinois senator outspent Clinton nearly 2 to 1 on television advertising but Obama insisted Tuesday that he entered Pennsylvania a huge underdog. Polls had Obama as much as 20 points behind Hillary when they began.
The importance of this primary also was the motivating factor behind some of the most negative campaigning seen thus far in the democrats race for the White House. Clinton characterized Obama as an elitist, seizing on his suggestion that some Americans, bitter at their financial struggles, find themselves clinging to guns and religion.
Obama countered with an ad that suggested Clinton was preying on people's fears, and painted her as a Washington insider caught up in the Beltway's "gotcha" mentality.
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