Voters in North Carolina and Indiana cast their ballots Tuesday in the latest critical day of Democratic presidential nomination race.
In North Carolina, polling hours are from 1030 GMT to 2330 GMT.
Prelection polls show Senator Barrack Obama is likely to win in North Carolina but the race is still competitive.
Politico, a Washington newspaper covering political events, suggest there are several things to watch in the North Carolina primary.
First, check the polls at 1800 GMT, after the early morning and lunch hour rushes, to gauge turnout.
Second, keep an eye on voter turnout in Raleigh-Durham area, which usually makes up between a quarter and a third of the overall turnout vote.
It is an area favors Obama and if the turnout there is creeping up to 40 percent that spells good news for him.
Third, watch both big cities and small towns.
Obama will look to drive his margins above 55 percent in the metropolitan areas of Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Raleigh-Durham.
North Carolina has 100 counties, and the top 14 counties in the metropolitan areas cast more votes than the rest combined, so Hillary is counting on those other counties to maximize her vote. She needs an extra margin out of those counties to win.
Finally, follow the African American voters.
African American voters generally favor Obama, whose father was from Kenya.
But recent polls show Clinton picking up about 10 percent of the African American vote.
If she can claw her way into the range of about 20 percent, which would be on the high side for her in a southern state, she would get some breathing room.
Source:Xinhua
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