Even among Sen. Hillary Clinton's voters, about half said the superdelegates should follow the results of the primaries and caucuses. Sen. Barack Obama's supporters were more likely to say so. Clinton is trailing in pledged delegates and, depending on how the remaining primaries go, it's possible her only chance for the nomination is if many superdelegates support her at the Democratic convention."; ExitPoll_March4[i++] = new Array("","McCain and evangelicals ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); ExitPoll_March4[i-1].body = "Four in 10 voters in the Ohio Republican primary and half of the voters in the Texas Republican primary were white, evangelical Christians, and Sen. John McCain ran close to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee among those voters.
Evangelicals have been the base of support for Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister. While McCain did better than he has in the past among conservatives, he still has a problem there. Huckabee won among the most conservative voters in Texas, but McCain was able to split their votes in Ohio.
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ExitPoll_March4[i-1].body = "The economy was big in Ohio Democratic voters' minds. Six in 10 said it's the most important issue facing the country, more than said so in any of the other 25 Democratic primaries with exit polls this year.
More than half of Rhode Island Democrats and nearly as many in Texas picked the economy as the top issue out of three choices.
In Vermont, almost as many voters picked Iraq as the economy - the first Democratic contest this year in which Iraq was considered about as important as the economy.
As in other Democratic primaries this year, few voters Tuesday viewed the nation's economy positively. But Texas Democrats were relatively optimistic, with one in seven saying the economy is in good condition - as many as have said that in any other state.
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ExitPoll_March4[i-1].body = "A whopping eight in 10 voters in Ohio's Democratic primary said international trade takes more jobs from the state than it creates. The split was closer to six in 10 in the other three states voting Tuesday.
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ExitPoll_March4[i-1].body = "Asked how worried they were about their family's financial situation over the next year, two-thirds of Democratic primary voters in Texas and at least seven in 10 in the other three states said they were very or somewhat worried.
Ohio Democrats were most concerned, with four in 10 saying they were very worried."; ExitPoll_March4[i++] = new Array("","Hail to the chief ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); ExitPoll_March4[i-1].body = "One in seven Obama voters viewed Clinton as more qualified to be commander in chief; fewer than one in 20 Clinton voters said that about Obama.
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ExitPoll_March4[i-1].body = "Four in 10 Clinton voters in Ohio and Texas said Obama inspires them about the future of the country. Somewhat fewer Clinton voters in Rhode Island but two-thirds in Vermont gave Obama kudos for being inspirational.
Obama voters were much less likely to call Clinton inspirational -- about a quarter of them said that across the four states.
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ExitPoll_March4[i-1].body = "Obama's strong showing in Vermont cut across numerous groups that Clinton usually wins, including whites, older people and women.
Obama won the votes of 6 in 10 women, nearly two-thirds of whites, and 6 in 10 of those over 60 years old. He won the votes of two-thirds of men.
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ExitPoll_March4[i-1].body = "Preliminary data from interviews with Ohio Democratic voters showed Clinton was getting the votes of two in three white women, a group that has generally supported her heavily but with whom she had slipped to thin margins recently in Virginia and Wisconsin.
She also had the backing of almost six in 10 white men, a group in which Obama had forged solid advantages in recent voting.
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ExitPoll_March4[i-1].body = "Texas Democrats were more likely to view Clinton as better qualified to be commander in chief and said she offered clear and detailed plans to solve the country's problems.
They viewed Obama as more inspirational.
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ExitPoll_March4[i-1].body = "While Obama has made significant inroads among whites and women, Clinton still won the support of her base in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island.
She won among white women and older voters in those states, while Obama won his usual strong victory among blacks.
White men have been a key swing group in this year's Democratic primaries. Clinton won the white men in Ohio, tied with Obama for their votes in Texas and came close in Rhode Island.
Clinton won nearly two-thirds of the votes of Hispanics in Texas. Blacks were one in five voters in Ohio and Texas, while Hispanics were nearly a third of voters in Texas.
One-fifth of white Ohio voters said race was an important issue to their vote, and those who did voted three in four for Clinton. That compares with the one in five Democrats in Ohio who said gender was important to their vote, and they voted six in 10 for Clinton."; ExitPoll_March4[i++] = new Array("","","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); ExitPoll_March4[i++] = new Array("","","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); // END editorial data