Washington (PTI): In one of the last-remaining US primaries, the voters of West Virginia have started heading towards the polling booths from where Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is expected to clinch an easy win as she battles all odds for her candidacy.

A measure of the certainty of the result in Clinton's favour could be gauged from her rival and frontrunner Barack Obama's remarks in which he admitted he had poor prospects in West Virginia.

"She is going to do very well in West Virginia and Kentucky. She will win those states, in all likelihood, by significant margins," Obama said.

While her thumping win in this primary may not turn the tables, Clinton would be hoping to send a strong message to the Democratic party elders and remaining superdelegates through it.

The 47-year-old Obama eclipsed Clinton, 60 earlier this week in the number of superdelegates as well registering 275 of them by his side to Clinton's 271.

Putting 28 delegates and 11 supersdelegates on stake, the West Virginia primary may not bother Obama much for he has an almost insurmountable lead of about 160-odd delegates over Clinton.

However, what's of real importance could be the fact that no Democrat has been elected to the White House without carrying West Virginia since 1916. Hence it would be difficult for the Illinois Senator to overlook the state in November showdown.

Also, polls showed that the former first lady would beat the presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain narrowly in West Virginia whereas Senator Obama would lose the state by 20 percentage points.