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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.

Poll Closing Exits From Indiana: Splits...

By Marc Ambinder
May 6 2008, 7:00 PM ET Comment

Half percent of Clinton supporters said that Rev. Wright's existence was important to their vote. Clinton received more than 60% of the white vote in Indiana and less than ten percent of the black vote. (In North Carolina, blacks comprised a third of the electorate -- more numbers when polls close.)

Clinton won in Indiana among "blue collar white voters" but only barely among voters making under $50,000. The college degree split is intact but not all that large: Clinton bests Obama by ten points among those without a college degree; Obama bests Clinton by ten points among those with a college degree. Gun owners (51% of the Indiana electorate) chose Clinton by large margins.

Late deciders were less a quarter of the vote in Indiana AND North Carolina. In Indiana, 62% backed Clinton.

Obama and Clinton are seen as equally able to beat John McCain's; Democrats might therefore see Clinton's recent polling data points as ephemeral; still, 55% thought Clinton was the most qualified to be president. And Obama is seen by Indiana voters are more honest and trustworthy (66%) than Clinton (54%).

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