Both Democratic and Republican primary voters said the economy was the most important issue facing the country. In the Democratic primary, most backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama would be satisfied if the other candidate wins the nomination.

Percentages may not add up to 100% when all categories or candidates are not shown. Numbers based on preliminary exit poll results.

How the poll was conducted: The National Election Pool Exit Poll was conducted by Edison/Mitofsky. Members of the pool are ABC, AP, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC. 971 voters who cast ballots in the California Republican primary and 1811 in the California Democratic primary were interviewed as they exited 40 polling places. The polling places are a stratified probability sample of the state. In addition, approximately 300 absentee and/or early voters were interviewed in a pre-election telephone poll; results from the phone poll were combined with results from the exit poll. The combination reflects approximately the correct proportion of absentee voters and election day voters.

Source: National Election Pool Exit Poll