Indiana primary too close to call

Published: May 5, 2008 at 9:22 AM
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Sen. Barack Obama waits for his turn to address his supporters at the Peterson Event Center in Pittsburgh on April 21, 2008,  the eve of the Pennsylvania Primary election.  (UPI Photo/Archie Carpenter)
Sen. Barack Obama waits for his turn to address his supporters at the Peterson Event Center in Pittsburgh on April 21, 2008, the eve of the Pennsylvania Primary election. (UPI Photo/Archie Carpenter) | Enlarge Enlarge
FORT WAYNE, Ind., May 5 (UPI) -- Poll watchers say they're having a hard time predicting who will win Tuesday's presidential primary in Indiana.

There has been an ebb and flow in a series of polls on the the likely outcome of the contest between Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The consensus points to a statistical dead heat.

Crowds may tell a different story than polls, the Chicago Sun-Times said Monday.

Nearly 5,000 supporters packed Fort Wayne's Headwaters Park to hear Obama compared to 400 who attended a Clinton rally at nearby Indiana Tech University. Clinton, however, drew around 2,000 supporters in Fort Wayne a week ago.

U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., predicts Clinton will win, but poll watchers suggest Obama has a large cross-over appeal among the state's Republicans.

"She'll win the Democrats," Bayh said. "The others, I'm not so sure."


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