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Seven-in-10 voters said they would be satisfied if Bernie Sanders were the Democratic nominee. | AP Photo Early exit polls: Clinton, Sanders close on race relations in Michigan

WARNING: Early exit polls are incomplete, and they should be interpreted with caution. They only include interviews with voters who cast ballots earlier in the day, which could underrepresent certain groups. And the networks don’t release full results before polls have closed statewide; they only tease out certain numbers, some of which will shift significantly in the final survey.

Early exit poll results from Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary show Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders running close on some key questions.

The results teased out by sponsoring news organizations Tuesday evening don’t include a horse-race number; the networks don’t release that data until polls have closed statewide.

According to ABC News, the percentages of Democratic voters who say both candidates’ policies are about right on an ideological scale are roughly even: a little over 60 percent.

About 60 percent of voters said Clinton was honest and trustworthy, versus about 80 percent who said the same of Sanders. Around 60 percent said honesty or empathy was the most important attribute for a candidate — slightly more than the four-in-10 who said electability or experience was most important.

Roughly equal percentages of voters said they trust Clinton and Sanders to handle race relations; both candidates have courted African-American voters in the state.

Seven-in-10 voters said they would be satisfied if Sanders were the Democratic nominee, compared to the roughly two-thirds who said they would be satisfied if Clinton wins the nomination.

But a little over 70 percent of Michigan voters want to keep President Barack Obama’s policies, CNN reported.

Meanwhile, in Mississippi, about 60 percent of voters are African American, which ABC News said would be a record for the state.