Preliminary results of an entrance poll shows Nevadans participating in today's caucuses were focused on the economy and which candidate could best defeat Obama. The deeply conservative electorate included the largest share of tea party backers and the highest number of Mormons of any state to cast ballots thus far in the nomination contest.
ON THE ISSUES: A narrow majority of voters called the economy their top issue, with the federal budget deficit a distant second. Though some demographic groups were more apt to focus on the federal government's monetary woes. Self-identified independents were about equally likely to call the deficit their top issue as the economy, while Republicans were more heavily tilted toward the economy. Very conservative voters and strong backers of the tea party were also a bit more apt than others to say the deficit mattered to them.
Beyond those ideological and partisan divides, there's an age gap in concern about the economy. Among those under age 30, nearly two-thirds called the economy their top issue, compared with not quite half of senior citizens.
CANDIDATE QUALITIES: The ability to defeat Barack Obama in the fall was once again cited as the most important candidate quality by about half of voters, on par with results in other states that have voted so far, but not all voters were solely focused on November. Late-deciders ? those who made up their minds whom to support in the last few days ? were more apt to say they were seeking a winner or a true conservative, while those who made up their minds earlier placed a bit less emphasis on being able to win or and slightly more on having strong moral character.
About a third of Mormons said they wanted a candidate with strong moral character, the highest figure among any religious group.
And among voters under age 45, just three in 10 said it was most important to find a winner, about as many cited character, and about a quarter said they wanted a true conservative.
THE IMPACT OF ADS: Campaign advertising had a narrower impact among Nevada caucus-goers than it did among Florida primary voters earlier this week. About twice as many Florida voters as Nevada caucus-goers called ads the most important factor in their vote.
The survey was conducted for AP and the television networks by Edison Research as voters arrived at 25 randomly selected caucus sites in Nevada. Preliminary results from the survey involved interviews with 1,553 caucus-goers and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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