FORT WAYNE — Barack Obama is back in Indiana and reacting to the WSBT-South Bend Tribune poll that shows the race for the Democratic nomination is too close to call.

This was Obama's first trip back to Indiana since March 15. He held a town hall meeting with about 2,800 people at a Fort Wayne high school.

After remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 40th anniversary of his death, Obama answered questions from the crowd on just about everything, including the economy.

He talked about his $60 billion plan to reinvest in infrastructure and create jobs.

"To rebuild our roads, our bridges, our locks, and dams, lay broadband lines in this country,” he said. “Because when we do that, not only do we put people back to work who may have been laid off in the construction industry, but you also need steel when you’re building, you also need heavy equipment when you’re building, and that puts everybody back to work.”

Obama has attracted some very passionate followers. But the May 6 primary is still four long weeks away.

The gymnasium at Wayne High School Friday felt, at times, more like a sporting event than anything political.

“I couldn't wait to get my tickets here and get in,” Courtney Blaylock told WSBT News.

She said she’s never felt this strongly about a presidential candidate before.

“I like that he’s young, I like his attitude, I like his positive message, and I think he’s tried really hard to run a positive campaign,” she said.

And Barack Obama’s visit was all about the audience.

“This is a town hall meeting,” he told the crowd.

The senator fielded questions on issues from global warming, to gun violence, to the economy and the war in Iraq.

“He addressed every issue that I thought was important and he had an answer for it,” Lorene Swain said. “I think he has an ability to reach everyone — not just one race but all races.”

But a WSBT-South Bend Tribune poll this week shows he may not be reaching enough. If the primary were held today, the numbers show Obama in a statistical dead heat with Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Sen. Clinton, her husband and daughter have made a combined 20 campaign stops to the Hoosier state in the last month.

“Sen. Clinton’s benefited I think from her and her husband and Chelsea, traveling extensively over the last week and a half when that poll was done,” Obama told WSBT News. “I guarantee we can win in Indiana. And you will be seeing so much of me you will maybe be sick of me by the time May 6 rolls around!"

From Ft. Wayne, it was on to another campaign stop in South Dakota. The Obama campaign says a trip to South Bend is on the schedule; they just aren’t saying when.