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.
Politico, a Washington newspaper covering political events, suggest there are several things to watch in the primary.
First is the split time zones.
The eastern half of the state sits in the Central Time zone and the west is in the Mountain Time zone.
The Secretary of State's office will not release any results until after all the polls close statewide at 0100 GMT.
Second, watch the native American vote.
Political analysts say it's unclear which candidate is most favored among native Americans, who are the largest minority group in the state, comprising 8.5 percent of the population.
Thirdly, watch the possible delay.
One quirk of the South Dakota election system is the way votes are tabulated: None are counted at the precinct level.
Instead, the ballots must be driven to the county auditor's office, which runs the paper through an optical scan machine, potentially slowing down the results.
Finally, watch the turnout.
South Dakota Secretary of State Chris Nelson predicted a turnout among the state's 195,000 registered Democrats of between 40 percent and 45 percent.
But campaign aides expect a slightly higher turnout of about 100,000 voters.
Source:Xinhua
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