Exit polling shows why underdog Mike Huckabee was able to make such a close race of it against John McCain in Virginia -- results that reflect that the less conservative the voter, the more likely he or she is to vote for McCain.
-- Two-thirds of voters who call themselves very conservative favored Huckabee.
-- Overall, roughly 70% of Republican exit poll respondents called themselves conservative, and Huckabee won about half of their votes.
-- Huckabee outran McCain big among the four in 10 GOP exit poll participants who called themselves born-again evangelical Christians.
-- Although McCain has a consistently anti-abortion voting record, he defeated Huckabee 64% to 24% in the exit poll among voters who said abortion should be legal. Two-thirds of the GOP voters said abortion should be banned, and Huckabee led among them by 58% to 36%.
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