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Why the Democratic Race Could End in North Carolina
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abcnews.go.com — The end could be near.

Or the endgame, at least, of a surprisingly drawn-out Democratic presidential contest. Four months and 42 states after the opening Iowa caucuses, the primary in North Carolina on May 6 now looms as a pivotal final showdown between Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Obama starts with a double-digit lead in polls here, a state where 2,400 free tickets to his rally at the War Memorial Auditorium in Greensboro last week were gone within three hours of the announcement he would appear. But Clinton has appeal in the Tar Heel State, too, and is competing hard. The day after Obama's rally, she drew 1,000 supporters to the gym at Terry Sanford High School in Fayetteville for a town hall meeting.

"I really believe May 6 has the potential to be everything," says Joe Trippi, a strategist for the presidential bids of former North Carolina senator John Edwards this year and Howard Dean in 2004. "Every day you see increased pressure on Hillary Clinton about why she's staying in, and if she could win in North Carolina it would shut down that kind of talk and open up the possibility she could get there" to the nomination.

"But if he wins in North Carolina," Trippi says of Obama, "I think you're going to see things close up very quickly. You'll see a lot of superdelegates line up behind him."

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When will th Democratic Race end?
22-Apr Pennsylvania
10%
6-May Indiana
7.1%
6-May North Carolina
41%
13-May West Virginia
0%
20-May Kentucky
0%
20-May Oregon
2%
1-Jun Puerto Rico
6.1%
3-Jun Montana
6.1%
3-Jun South Dakota
5.1%
26-Aug DNC Convention
22%
This is not a scientific survey, click here to learn more. Results may not total 100% due to rounding and voting descrepencies.
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Charles43
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When you add up the number (pledged delegates) PA for Clinton and NC for Obama is only 12-16 delegates in favor of Senator Clinton. Currently Senator Obama has approximately 138-140 delegates ahead of Senator Clinton. Subtracting 16 delegates due to the difference in PA and NC, that would put Senator Obama at 122 or 124 delegates ahead. Also, if you take the remainder of the states and possessions to vote and say that Senator Clinton wins all by a 60% margin, Senator Obama would still be ahead by approximately 12-18 delegates. (I'm not sure how the popular vote would end-up?). I truly do not see this happening - If it did, then the superdelegates would decide the parties candidate to face Senator McCain.
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