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Apr 22, 2008 12:00 pm US/Pacific

Voter Turnout High For Pennsylvania Primary

 Campaign '08 Complete Coverage

 Prime Time For Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH (CBS) ― Pennsylvania poll workers say turnout has been high for today's primary election.

The heated Democratic campaign between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton combined with the beautiful weather is making for large amount of voters at the polls.

The turnout could even set a record for Pennsylvania's Democratic primary.

If more than 2.3 million of the 4.2 million registered party members show up at the polls, it would set a modern record for the state's Democratic presidential primary.

The current record, of just under 55 percent, was set in 1980, when Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy narrowly defeated then-President Jimmy Carter in Pennsylvania.

Democratic enrollment began to soar earlier this year when it became apparent that neither candidate would clinch the nomination before Pennsylvania's primary.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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