P211 CEEFAX 211  Tue  5 Jun  21:17/13
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 American voters in five states go to   
 the polls today in the final primaries 
 to select the Democratic party'u       
 presidential nomination.               
                                        
 In the key state of California, an     
 opinion poll puts former vice-president
 Walter Mondale ahead of Mr Gary Hart   
 for the first time.                    
                                        
 Mondale is hoping to clinch the        
 nomination today without fighting on at
 the party's national convention next   
 month.                                 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
   US election background 269 BBC2