[jQuery] parsing xml

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my xml looks something like:

<response>
   <message>
       <bio>the bio</bio>
        <voted>the votes</voted>
   </message>
   <message>
       <bio>another bio</bio>
        <voted>likewise, another vote</voted>
   </message>
</response>

I'm new to jquery. I'd like to place these in an array so I can access
votes/bio easily and separately. at the moment, jquery is returning it
like this: "the bioanother bio" . Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.