New York: Clinton, McCain win
NEW YORK Although Clinton won New York, Obama seemed poised to get a big
chunk of New York's 232 Democratic delegates.
Clinton was tested by Obama in heavily black neighborhoods in
New York City, liberal upstate areas and on college campuses.
In the GOP primary, McCain had the backing of former New York
City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in his quest for the state's 101
Republican delegates.
Giuliani ended his campaign last week after a poor showing in
Florida's primary, the latest of several defeats after leading the
GOP field months ago.
The Associated Press made the calls based on surveys of voters
as they left the polls.
A WNBC/Marist Poll last week found most New Yorkers felt Clinton
was best able to handle the economy, the Iraq war and health care,
but Obama embodied the best chance for undefined "change."
At an elementary school Tuesday, Clinton with her husband and
daughter signed autographs on sample ballots for people at the
polling place.
"If voters ask themselves who they think would be the best
president, and if Democrats ask who they think would be the best
candidate to win, I feel really good about the answers to those
questions," she said.
Of New York's 232 Democratic delegates, 151 will be split based
on the vote in each of the state's 29 congressional districts, and
the remaining 81 will be divided based on the statewide popular
vote. A Democratic candidate must get 15 percent of the vote in a
congressional district to earn delegates.
