The so-called Super Tuesday II caucuses were crucial to both Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Clinton won Ohio with 54 percent of the vote, 1,207,806 total. The victory gives her at least 75 of the 141 delegates offered in Ohio. Exit polls show that she won 50 percent of the male vote and 57 percent of the female vote in Ohio. Though she did well with the white vote at nearly 64 percent support, Clinton only acquired 13 percent of the black vote.
Obama picked up 44 percent of the vote in Ohio, which came out to 979,025 total votes. He will receive at least 66 delegates from the state. Exit polls show that he received 48 percent of the male vote and 41 percent of the female vote. As in earlier primaries, Obama was the clear winner among the black voters; he received 87 percent of the total black vote. Obama also got 34 percent of the total white vote.
Clinton also took Texas with 51 percent of the votes. She received 1,455,487 votes there and won 82 of the 160 delegates. Exit polls show Clinton with 47 percent of the male vote and 54 percent of the female vote. Broken down by race, Clinton did very well with the Hispanic population, winning 66 percent of the total Hispanic vote. She also did well with the white vote, acquiring 55 percent of the total white vote. Clinton did very poorly, however, with the black vote. She only received 16 percent of the black votes.
Obama closely trailed Clinton with 47 percent of the vote, giving him 78 delegates and 1,356,210 total votes. In the exit polls, he did very well with the black population, acquiring 84 percent of their vote. That was not enough, however, to make up for his deficit with the white and Hispanic vote. He only received 44 percent of the white vote and 32 percent of the Hispanic vote.
Clinton continued her winning spree in Rhode Island, picking up 58 percent of the vote and 13 delegates. She won 51 percent of the male vote and 66 percent of the female vote in Rhode Island.
Obama came away with 8 delegates in Rhode Island and 40 percent of the vote. Uncommitted voters accounted for 1 percent of the vote, 1,012 in total.
Obama's only victory of the day came in Vermont where he won 59 percent of the vote, giving him nine delegates. Obama received 91,829 total votes in Vermont. He got 64 percent of the male vote in Vermont and acquired 56 percent of the female vote. No exit poll data of the vote broken down by race is available in Vermont.
Clinton received six delegates with 39 percent of the vote. She got 59,854 votes in total. Clinton received 35 percent of the male vote and 42 percent of the female vote in Vermont.
It takes 2,025 delegates to win the Democratic nomination. Obama is leading with 1,355, but Clinton is close behind with 1,213 delegates. Only 142 delegates separate the two senators as they look ahead to the Wyoming caucuses March 8 and the Mississippi primaries March 11.All data from MSNBC.com.



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