FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky isn’t much different from West Virginia, at least, demographically. 

Both states are overwhelmingly white, largely rural and have a greater share of residents below the poverty line and without college degrees than the nation as whole, the Associated Press reports.

And that’s why Hillary Clinton may end up with a sizable victory in Kentucky’s May 20 Democratic primary. She handily won West Virginia earlier this week.

Meanwhile, Obama has his sights set on Oregon, which also has a May 20 primary. According to the AP, white voters have favored Clinton over Obama  by 55 percent to 40 percent, rural voters 51-43, and voters without college degrees 52-44 in exit polls from 26 competitive primaries.

Obama’s strengths are among city residents and rural blacks. Kentucky voters are slightly older than voters nationwide, which is another boon for Clinton. 

On the other hand, Kentucky does more than $300 billion worth of business with China each year, according to the Kentucky World Trade Center in Lexington. That business is in tobacco and bourbon whiskey.

Clinton and Obama have both promised to reopen trade agreements, but Clinton’s line on China has been harder. She has suggested that Bush should not attend opening ceremonies for this year’s Olympic Games because of human rights abuses.

Voters will be turning out to the polls – a record 2.8 million of them are registered to vote in the primary. More than half are Democrats.

In the superdelegate race, Clinton is ahead, with three endorsements from Kentucky. Obama has two, while three others remain undecided.