Sen. Barack Obama drew strong support across race and gender lines in Virginia and Maryland, brazenly laying claim to many of the core backers of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Obama edged Clinton Tuesday for the white vote in Virginia, 52 percent to 47 percent, the Illinois senator's first victory with that group in a Southern state, while she carried whites by only 10 percentage points in Maryland, according to exit poll data. It was a blow to the New York senator who long has held a clear advantage with that group. In overall Democratic presidential contests until now, Clinton has usually used solid white …
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