Texas exit polls: Evangelicals help Cruz fight off Trump

Hillary Clinton got a big boost from minorities in a resounding victory in the delegate-rich state, where nearly half of Democratic voters believe the next president should generally continue the policies of President Barack Obama.

Here are voters' views of Tuesday's elections, according to results of an exit poll conducted in Texas for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research:

Republican voters wanted a candidate who shared their values more than someone who could deliver change, "tells it like it is" or was seen as capable of beating the Democratic nominee in November.

Cruz banked his campaign on getting the party's most conservative voters to the polls, and he carried a 2-to-1 edge over Trump among the voters who called themselves "very conservative."

The survey was conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research as voters left their polling places at 40 randomly selected sites in Texas.

Preliminary results include interviews with 1,481 Democratic primary voters, including 225 absentee or early voters who were interviewed by phone before election day, and with 1,969 Republican primary voters, including 313 absentee or early voters interviewed by phone.