Jerry Robin, left, and Gary Reed continue to debate the candidates after a Republican caucus meeting at Del Sol High School, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Jerry Robin, left, and Gary Reed continue to debate the candidates after a Republican caucus meeting at Del Sol High School, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A voter casts his ballot at a Nevada Republican Caucus meeting, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Genoa, Nev. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
A caucus participant hands an extra ballot back to a caucus chairman during a Republican caucus meeting, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Gary Reed holds up a precinct number sign before the start of caucusing at a high school caucus site, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Conservatives accounted for around 4 in 5 voters as Nevada Republicans chose their presidential candidate on Saturday, polls of people entering the caucuses showed, tying Iowa as the most conservative group of GOP voters so far this year.
Around 3 in 4 Nevada voters also said they were tea party supporters, the highest proportion of the five states that have now held their GOP presidential contests.
One in 4 voters Saturday was Mormon, about the same as in the state's 2008 contest.
Just over half said the economy was the dominant issue as they decided which candidate to support, while 1 in 3 cited federal budget deficits. In every state so far, the economy has been the voters' top issue.
Given a choice of four qualities they were seeking in a candidate, more than 4 in 10 said they wanted someone who could defeat President Barack Obama in this fall's elections. That has been the No. 1 characteristic cited in every state.
The survey was conducted for AP and the television networks by Edison Research as voters arrived at 25 randomly selected caucus sites in Nevada. The survey involved interviews with 1,553 caucus-goers and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Associated Pressmiracle andy whitfield kennedy demi moore roy oswalt kevin martin 2012 senior bowl
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