According to the Pennsylvania Department of State’s election returns website, 99.34% of precincts have reported results.

Clinton 1,237,696

Obama 1,043,174

That puts Clinton 194,522 votes ahead of Obama for a winning margin of 8.6%, and it puts my 8% prediction right on the money.

UPDATE: As Patsy points out in the comments, it’s now been updated at the PA Secretary of State. Now, with 99.44% reporting, Hillary’s margin of victory is now 9.2%. So, my prediction was off — but only by a little bit!

We won’t know the margin of her victory in the Pennsylvania primary yet, but it wasn’t long before all of the networks called the race.  Will it be enough for her to overcome his delegate lead, or, perhaps more immediately, be enough for her to raise enough money quickly to get out of debt?

Rather than rely on me or other media outlets for early returns, why not get your Pennsylvania primary results straight from the source at the Pennsylvania Department of State’s own website?  Pennsylvania, for the most part, has great web services.  Lots of media outlets try to siphon readers onto their websites (to get the most ad revenue) with promises of “live” results, but why bother?

Pennsylvania Republicans continued the McCain winning streak of essentially uncontested primaries. Ron Paul was on the ballot, but his candidacy has long been past viable.

According to Pittsburgh political reporting legend Jon Delano, turnout in Allegheny County is likely to exceed previous records, hitting the 60% mark.  Interestingly, turnout is notably higher than usual in Penn Hills (high African-American population), East End/East Liberty (high A-A/Obama headquarters), Moon township (part of the Obama-friendly Cranberry exurb), Shadyside (wealthy & liberal) and the North Hills (see Shadyside and Moon).

Kevin Evanto, Allegheny County Director of Communications, reports that election officials expect about a 60-percent voter turnout, hitting the predicted Democratic turnout number and perhaps exceeding it.

Evanto stated high higher than normal turnout numbers in Moon Township, Penn Hills, East End, Shadyside and the North Hills.

The CNN version of early exit polls of the Pennsylvania primary say that:

• New voters choose Obama over Clinton by 60 to 38
• But, late deciding voters chose Clinton over Obama 58 to 42.  This is as it has been in previous primaries.

ABC News’ version of the early exit polling in the PA primary says that:

• 1/2 are self-identified liberals — way more than the 1/4 to 1/3 typical in past Pennsylvania primaries
• 40% are gun owners — no surprise there
• Just under 1/2 have a college degree — more than the 38% in Ohio

Fresh from the unreliable Drudge Report, here are more of the Fox News early Pennsylvania primary exit polls:

Among Women:

Clinton 55

Obama 44

Among Men:

Clinton 47

Obama53

This is largely bluster, but the latest in the early Pennsylvania primary exit polls:

•  70% of Pennsylvania Democrats would be happy if Clinton is the nominee
• 64% of Pennsylvania Democrats would be happy if Obama is the nominee

According to Drudge, early exits polls from the Pennsylvania primary give Clinton 52 Obama 48. Keep in mind, these are almost always wrong.

From the AP, a little more exit poll detail.

• A little more than half are women
• About 1/3 are 65 or older
• About 1/4 have postgraduate degrees
• About 1/4 earn $100k annually or more
• 20% made up their minds in the past week, with 10% deciding today
• 20% said race was a factor
• 20% said gender was a factor

From Fox News, a little more:

• Gun owners: Clinton by 16
• College degree holders: Obama by 8
• Made unfair attacks: Clinton by 18