Edwards led among the small number of conservatives . _ Close to eight 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 Huckabee was performing strongly among those calling themselves very conservative , garnering more than a third of their support _ well ahead of Romney . _ In the Democratic race , about three-fourths said they were Democrats and Clinton and Obama were running about even among them .