Exit polls: Wright important factor for half in NC, IN

Miami Herald reports:

Exit polls show that about half the voters in Indiana and North Carolina said the focus on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was a major factor in deciding whom to back in those states' presidential primaries. But the controversy was providing little help to Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Voters in both states saying the situation surrounding Wright - Barack Obama's former pastor - was important were leaning decidedly toward Clinton. But those saying it was not a major factor were favoring Obama, producing little impact overall.

In both states, Clinton was leading among white voters while Obama was dominating among blacks, both familiar patterns. Obama was also doing poorly in both states in attracting the votes of white working-class voters.