Black vote, half of white vote goes to Obama

BALTIMORE - Black voters continued to strongly support Barack Obama in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary, and white voters split between the Illinois senator and Hillary Clinton, helping propel him to victory in Maryland.

Black voters accounted for nearly four out of 10 voters and almost 90 percent supported Obama. White voters, a key Clinton bloc in other states, accounted for a little more than half of the Maryland turnout, and were split between the Illinois senator and Clinton, according to exit polling conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks.

Obama, who is seeking to become the nation's...