Final results of a survey conducted for The Associated Press among voters at the Iowa caucuses Thursday night:

WHAT THEY WANTED

About half of Democrats said they most wanted their candidate to bring about needed change, and Barack Obama won the support of 51 percent of this group. Hillary Rodham Clinton dominated among those citing experience, but they represented only one-fifth of voters. Another fifth said they most wanted a candidate who cared about people like them, and they liked John Edwards. Only about one in 10 said they most wanted a contender with the best chance of capturing the White House, and they opted for Edwards _ who finished second.

Among Republicans, more than four in 10 said finding a candidate who shared their values mattered most, and the lion's share of them _ 44 percent _ found Mike Huckabee. Another third wanted a candidate who says what he believes, and they also favored Huckabee. A smaller group was looking for experience, and they leaned toward Mitt Romney and John McCain. About one in 10 said they wanted a winner in November, and half picked Romney, the second-place finisher.

TWO PARTIES, TWO SETS OF ISSUES

Given three choices, just over a third of Democrats said Iraq was the chief issue facing the country, with the same number naming the economy. Health care was close behind. Obama had the most support among those naming Iraq and the economy. Of those naming health care _ which many polls have shown to be a Clinton strength _ 34 percent supported Obama, 30 percent Clinton.

Illegal immigration was the most mentioned issue by Republicans from four choices, with a third saying it was most important. Next, in order, were the economy, terrorism and the war in Iraq. Huckabee led on every issue but terrorism, where he was tied with Romney for the lead and McCain was close behind.

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?

Fifty-seven percent of Democrats said Thursday's caucuses were the first they had attended, about the same as in 2004, and this group gave Obama a big boost. Four in 10 of them supported the Illinois senator, compared to three in 10 who backed Clinton and two in 10 who supported Edwards.

Edwards did best among veteran caucus goers, garnering 30 percent of their vote. Obama and Clinton each got about a quarter of their support.

RELIGION

Six in 10 GOP voters said they were born again or evangelical Christians, and by far the largest share _almost half _supported Huckabee. Romney led among non-evangelical voters, getting a third of their support.

More than a third of Republicans said having the same religious beliefs as their candidate was very important, and of that group just over half favored Huckabee.

DECISION TIME

About half of Democrats said they chose their candidate more than a month ago, and that group leaned toward Obama. Of the one in five who said they'd made their selection in the past three days, Clinton trailed both Obama and Edwards.

Among Republicans, about three in 10 said they'd decided more than a month ago, and they were split about evenly between Huckabee and Romney. Huckabee had about a 2-to-1 edge over Romney among those who decided within the past month, and a clear advantage among the nearly one in five who said they'd decided only Thursday.

WHO VOTED HOW

By 35 percent to 30 percent, Obama narrowly edged Clinton among women _a source of strength for Clinton in national polls. Obama had a decisive victory among men.

More than half of voters younger than age 30 were supporting Obama, and he even had a near 2-to-1 lead over her among those age 30 to 44. Clinton had a big lead among the oldest voters.

In a disappointment for Edwards, he was trailing among the roughly one-quarter of voters from union households _an area where he had hoped to do well.

TRUE BELIEVERS

Obama had a strong lead among the half of Democrats who called themselves liberal and was about even with Clinton among moderates. Edwards led among the small number of conservatives.

Close to nine in 10 of those who showed up for the Republican caucuses called themselves conservative, compared to about three-quarters of voters in the last two contested GOP caucuses, in 1996 and 2000. Huckabee was their champion, including winning 35 percent of the very conservative _ well ahead of Romney and Fred Thompson.

PARTISANSHIP

In the Democratic race, about three-fourths said they were Democrats and Clinton and Obama ran about even among them. That group was supposed to be a Clinton strength. Among the one-fifth who were independents, Obama had a substantial lead, with Edwards running a distant second.

An overwhelming number of those at the GOP caucuses said they were Republican, and Huckabee led among them. Of the roughly one in 10 independents, Ron Paul was doing best with 29 percent of their votes, followed by McCain, Romney and Huckabee.

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Surveys conducted for AP and the television networks by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International at 40 sites each for Democratic and Republican caucuses in Iowa. Results included interviews with 1,600 Republicans and 2,136 Democrats. Sampling error in each survey was plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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