Obama Finishes Out Well in the Exit Polls
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., locked up his party’s presidential nomination with a parting shot from some Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., supporters, a third of whom in South Dakota and Montana alike say they won’t support him in November. But that’s fewer than have said so in other recent primaries.
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Those and other preliminary exit poll results underscore the challenges facing Obama as he seeks to unify the party. Narrow majorities of Clinton supporters in both states say they’re dissatisfied with him as the nominee, just over half say he doesn’t share their values and about half of her supporters don’t see him as honest and trustworthy. In the six previous states to hold primaries, however, more Clinton supporters - 47 percent - have said they wouldn’t vote for Obama, and more doubted that he shares their values.