#1 - Evangelical’s Drove the Caucus
- Based on entrance polling 60% of caucus goers were evangelical christians of which 46% went to Huckabee and only 19% went in for Romney.

#2 - 68% Supported President Bush
- 20% of Caucus goers considered themselves enthusiastic about President Bush of which 38% voted for Huckabee. Meanwhile 48% said they were satisfied with President Bush of which 34% voted for Huckabee. Meanwhile only 26% of voters said they were dissatisfied and of those Huckabee won over 31% of the vote. Only 5% were angry at Bush of which 54% voted for Ron Paul.

#3 - Huckabee Dominated Issues
- Illegal Immigration was the top choice for 33%, War in Iraq 17% , Economy 26%, Terrorism 21%. On all issues Huckabee won.

#4 - Values Votes Mattered
- 45% of voters made their decision based on “Shares my values” of which 44% went to Mike Huckabee. and only 26% turned out for Romney. 33% supported a candidate because they “says what he means” of which 33% went for Huckabee and only 14% went for Romney. Only 21% voted on electability or experience of which Romney took both categories with McCain in second and Huckabee a distant third.

#5 - Decision Was Already Made
- 59% of Republican Caucus goers made up their mind a month ago or longer and they had decided on Mike Huckabee overwhelmingly.