On Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary, the results indicated that there was an age, gender, and racial divide among the voters.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton secured votes by winning among the three constituencies that makes up the majority of the population in Pennsylvania. She swept votes that came from Catholics, citizens over the age of 60, and blue-collar workers.

 Barack Obama secured votes 90% of the African American vote. He did well primarily in the Philadelphia region, an area with a high population of African Americans. Obama was also popular among college graduates. He took 51% of these votes while his opponent had 49%. The younger voters came out strong for the Illinois senator with 60% of the 18-29 age group supported Obama.

Clinton’s core base was the blue collared voters. She came out strong in the working class regions of eastern and western counties in PA. Unionized areas such as Scranton and Allentown provided Clinton with much need votes.

She also had the support of white women as she took 59% of the votes to Obama’s 41%.

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