With 85 percent of Republican precincts reporting, Huckabee had the support of 34 percent of voters, compared to 25 percent for Mitt Romney. Fred Thompson had 14 percent, John McCain had 13 percent and Ron Paul had 10 percent. ... Rudy Giuliani, who has turned the focus of his campaign to the February 5 "Super Tuesday" primaries, trailed with 4 percent.
The Fundies were a big part of Huck's win:
Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee was the big winner in Iowa's GOP caucuses Thursday thanks to big support from two groups of voters: Women and evangelical Christians.
The latter made up the majority of Republican caucus goers, and CNN's entrance polling showed Huckabee -- a former Baptist pastor -- won 46 percent of that group.
Rival Mitt Romney, who has heavily courted social conservatives, only drew 19 percent of those voters.
Huckabee also overwhelmingly won the female vote, picking up support from about 40 percent of women compared to only 24 percent for Romney.
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