Story highlights More than half of voters in the Republican contest said trade with other countries cost the country jobs.

According to exit polls for the Democratic contest, more than 8 in 10 voters were white

Washington (CNN) Republican voters who went to the polls in Wisconsin Tuesday saw trade with other countries as a drain, but Democratic voters were equally split between those who said it created jobs and those who said it cost jobs, according to exit poll results.

More than half of voters in the Republican contest (54%) said trade with other countries cost the U.S. jobs, but 42% of Democratic voters said it takes away jobs and 41% said it creates jobs.

In the Democratic contest, 83% of voters were white -- about the same as in 2008 -- and Democrats made up 70% of the voters, while independents made up 27%.

On the Republican side, 65% of voters identified as Republican and 28% said they were independent. And 34% of Republicans said they made up their mind in the last week, while 65% said they decided before that.

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