Reply #13: Indianapolis is a very large city, one of the rural midwest's largest.

[VolcanoJen]

It's built for Clinton, based on demographics, but Obama performs exceedingly well in urban areas.

Another large population center of Indiana is the southeastern part that serves as an exurb of Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati was Obama's biggest Ohio stronghold and should be strong for Obama.

The rest of Indiana is rural heartland. In any other year, against any other candidate, you'd have to hand the state to Clinton. This year, not so much, and it's going to be tight. But I'd really be surprised if Obama takes any part of the state outside of the Chicago and Cincinnati exhurbs, and Indianapolis.

If Clinton can't win Indiana, and coupled with an almost certain North Carolina loss, her path to the nomination becomes impossible. Race ends on May 6th.