The networks wasted no time after polls closed in Virginia to project a win for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama over New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Since exit poll blunders in past election years have made media outlets cautious in using exit polls alone to project victories, the quick call suggests yet another in the string on one-sided wins that Obama has scored in the days since Super Tuesday.
It also looks like a harbinger for Obama wins in the night's other two contests, in Maryland and the District of Columbia (where polls close at 8 p.m.) in the regional event known as the Chesapeake Primary or the Potomac Primary.
Early exit poll readings showed Obama, who is seeking to become the nation's first black president, again dominated among African-Americans in Virginia, taking 90 percent of their votes. And among the three places voting today, blacks make up the smallest population share in Virginia: 19 percent, compared to 28 percent in Maryland and 65 percent in D.C.
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