Political analysts agree that nothing can yet be determined in the Democratic primary, except that Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton are locked in as close a race as we’ve ever seen.

Clinton won New York State, taking 57 percent of the vote to Obama’s 40 percent. Of all the five boroughs in New York City, Obama made the best showing in Brooklyn, with a mere 4,120 votes separating them. She won 50 percent (131, 005 votes) of Kings County to Obama’s 48 percent (126, 885), according to CNN.

In all, Obama won 13 states, and Clinton eight, though Clinton racked up more delegates by winning in such delegate-heavy states as New York and California. Clinton currently has 783 delegates to Obama’s 709.

In the Republican race, Sen. John McCain emerged as a more clear front runner, taking New York and California and now enjoying a comfortable 294-delegate lead over former Gov. Mitt Romney.

McCain won 53 percent (8, 525) of the Republican votes in Brooklyn. Romney came in second here, with 25 percent (3,997). Ron Paul came in third with 8 percent (1,221) and Huckabee won six percent (906). Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who dropped out of the race after a poor showing in Florida, still managed to get four percent (726) of the vote in his hometown.

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