McCain's 44.

Alan Keyes garnered just 3 percent.

Exit polls show that - as in this year's

earlier GOP contests - Bush continues

to outperform McCain among Republican voters. While

McCain rode to an upset win in Michigan last week on a

surge of support from Democratic and independent

voters, Virginia's requirement that voters sign a pledge of

loyalty to the GOP kept Democrats away from this open

"The voters of Virginia rejected the politics of pitting

one religion against another," Bush said in a swipe at

McCain. "This campaign is winning and we're doing it the

right way. We are uniting our party without abandoning

our principles. We are expanding our base without

destroying our foundations."

McCain called Bush and congratulated him on his

victory, but said Bush's strategy seems dependent

But there was troubling news for McCain's national

primary, the most recent turnout measure available since

But his poor showing in Virginia does not bode well for

campaigned vigorously in Virginia while McCain, who

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