CNN, reporting on exit poll data prior to the close of polls in Wisconsin, said conservative voters in the state split evenly between front-running Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. While this suggest McCain is still having some trouble closing the deal with conservatives who object to some of his issue stands and past efforts to distance himself from his party's establishment, it also suggests that Huckabee didn't get the overwhelming conservative support he likely needed to win today's primary in the state.
The likelihood of a McCain win appears reinforced by the numbers reported earlier by ABC News on Republican voters' ideological identification. Six in 10 GOP exit poll respondents called themselves conservatives, meaning of course that four in 10 didn't. And the less self-identified conservative the voters, the stronger McCain has done in early contests this year.
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