Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battled in the primary in South Dakota Tuesday, one of the two remaining contests of the Democratic presidential primary election cycle.
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States.
The state ranked 17th in area and 46th in population with 781,919 residents.
In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated that 88.5 percent of South Dakotans were white, 8.8 percent were American Indian or Alaskan Native, 2.1 percent are Hispanic and 0.8 percent are Black.
The polling hours are from 1200 GMT to 0100 GMT Wednesday and only 15 delegates are at stake.
The state's demographics -- white, older and working class -- seem to favor Clinton.
But Obama won endorsements from top Democratic leaders, including former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Sen. Tim Johnson, and hired their key organizers who know the state well.
Given a choice between Montana and South Dakota, Clinton advisers say they like their chances better in the latter, where at least one member of the Clinton family has campaigned every day for the last several days.
Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe told donors recently that the races in both states were tight, but "we're looking a little better in South Dakota."
Source:Xinhua
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