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Super Tuesday State Profile: New York

Democratic Primary Analysis:
Hillary Clinton is one of the two current Senators representing the State of New York in Washington DC and has a strong lead in the polls to win this primary of more than 20 points. John Edwards' withdrawal will likely narrow that gap, but her lead would still be at least 10 points assuming all of Edwards voters go over to Obama.

Clinton won here first Senate race in 2000 by 55 per cent to 43% for Republican challenger, Rick Lazio, and in 2006 won re-election with an increased majority of 67% to 31%.

Republican Primary Analysis:
As in New Jersey, John McCain's real challenge here came from Rudy Giuliani and now that he has dropped out and endorsed McCain it should be a formality that the Senator wins here. Mitt Romney had been trailing by 18 points on average before Giuliani's campaign came to an end, but with the majority of his supporters expected to go over to McCain a win for Romney here looks unlikely. Giuliani is held in very high regard in the state as a result of his notorious success in dealing with 9/11.

Important information

- Timezone: GMT -5

- Polls open: 11AM GMT

- Polls close: 12AM GMT

- Abbreviation: NY

- Delegates at stake: 280

- Hillary Clinton's Senate Seat

Demographics

- White: 73.7%

- Black: 17.4%

- Ohter: 8.9%

Political history

- Senators: Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton (both Democrats)

- Governor: Eliot Spitzer (Democrat)

- 2004 voted for: Kerry

- Electoral College votes: 31

Other stats

- Population: 18 million

- State nickname: The Empire State

- State capital: Albany

- Most famous offspring: Robert Altman, Burt Bacharach,

- Strange fact: New York City was briefly the national Capital of the USA, from 1789 to 1790

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