| Montana Survey of 500 Likely Voters | |||||||
| Conducted by Rasmussen Reports | |||||||
| Date: January 9, 2005 | |||||||
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| Total | Employment | ||||||
| All Voters | Gov't | Entrep'eur | Pvt Sector | Retired | Other | ||
| Ballot | Burns | 45% | 43% | 53% | 48% | 42% | 39% |
| Testor | 45% | 52% | 33% | 42% | 50% | 50% | |
| Other | 4% | 3% | 9% | 1% | 4% | 3% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 4% | 8% | |
| Ballot | Burns | 46% | 53% | 58% | 47% | 39% | 36% |
| Morrison | 43% | 44% | 34% | 38% | 54% | 47% | |
| Other | 5% | 1% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 6% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 2% | 3% | 9% | 4% | 11% | |
| Burns | Very Favorable | 24% | 19% | 32% | 18% | 27% | 22% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 31% | 40% | 27% | 43% | 21% | 26% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 16% | 18% | 10% | 11% | 24% | 20% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 27% | 19% | 31% | 27% | 27% | 29% | |
| Not Sure | 2% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | |
| Testor | Very Favorable | 13% | 25% | 15% | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 35% | 34% | 22% | 40% | 39% | 41% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 22% | 25% | 32% | 20% | 18% | 16% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 9% | 4% | 19% | 9% | 4% | 8% | |
| Not Sure | 20% | 13% | 12% | 23% | 28% | 24% | |
| Morrison | Very Favorable | 16% | 22% | 12% | 5% | 22% | 24% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 37% | 26% | 32% | 42% | 37% | 44% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 18% | 29% | 28% | 12% | 12% | 12% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 8% | 8% | 15% | 10% | 6% | 2% | |
| Not Sure | 21% | 14% | 14% | 31% | 23% | 19% | |
| Alito | Very Favorable | 27% | 26% | 35% | 26% | 28% | 18% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 16% | 12% | 11% | 15% | 21% | 22% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 21% | 23% | 21% | 15% | 24% | 26% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 16% | 20% | 19% | 18% | 8% | 15% | |
| Not Sure | 19% | 20% | 13% | 26% | 19% | 19% | |
| Confirm Alito | Yes | 50% | 45% | 57% | 54% | 50% | 38% |
| No | 31% | 39% | 32% | 28% | 24% | 33% | |
| Not Sure | 20% | 16% | 11% | 18% | 26% | 29% | |
| Bush Econ | Excellent | 18% | 27% | 28% | 8% | 16% | 15% |
| Good | 23% | 10% | 27% | 31% | 25% | 17% | |
| Fair | 20% | 13% | 15% | 25% | 18% | 26% | |
| Poor | 37% | 47% | 30% | 33% | 39% | 41% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | |
| Bush Iraq | Excellent | 20% | 26% | 26% | 18% | 17% | 11% |
| Good | 21% | 14% | 29% | 20% | 20% | 22% | |
| Fair | 15% | 8% | 12% | 22% | 12% | 16% | |
| Poor | 44% | 51% | 33% | 40% | 49% | 51% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | |
| Iraq Priority | Troops Home | 37% | 50% | 27% | 32% | 41% | 41% |
| Finish Mission | 54% | 45% | 61% | 58% | 50% | 53% | |
| Not Sure | 9% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 6% | |
| NSA Tension | Too Worried About Liberties | 28% | 29% | 35% | 24% | 29% | 23% |
| Too Worried About Security | 37% | 46% | 39% | 33% | 28% | 42% | |
| About Right | 27% | 19% | 21% | 35% | 32% | 24% | |
| Not Sure | 8% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 11% | |
| Immigration vs Iraq | Immigration | 31% | 39% | 26% | 35% | 36% | 19% |
| Iraq | 57% | 48% | 56% | 54% | 56% | 71% | |
| Neither | 9% | 11% | 16% | 8% | 3% | 6% | |
| Not Sure | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | |
| Barrier along Mexican Border | Favor | 59% | 67% | 58% | 68% | 60% | 35% |
| Oppose | 30% | 26% | 35% | 22% | 25% | 47% | |
| Not Sure | 11% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 15% | 18% | |
| Follow Abramoff Story | Very Closely | 29% | 36% | 39% | 20% | 35% | 15% |
| Somewhat Closely | 38% | 27% | 30% | 48% | 44% | 37% | |
| Not Very Closely | 24% | 31% | 17% | 25% | 16% | 38% | |
| Not at All | 7% | 5% | 14% | 6% | 2% | 9% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | |
| Importance of Abramoff Story | Very Important | 35% | 48% | 30% | 26% | 38% | 44% |
| Somewhat Important | 30% | 24% | 25% | 37% | 34% | 30% | |
| Not Very Important | 23% | 20% | 29% | 26% | 17% | 18% | |
| Not at All Important | 4% | 0% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 1% | |
| Not Sure | 7% | 7% | 9% | 5% | 7% | 8% | |
| Burns Ethics | More ethical than most politicians | 18% | 30% | 23% | 10% | 18% | 14% |
| Less ethical than most | 30% | 15% | 27% | 32% | 30% | 47% | |
| About as ethical | 48% | 53% | 47% | 51% | 49% | 33% | |
| Not Sure | 4% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 7% | |
| George Bush Approval | Strongly Approve | 36% | 36% | 51% | 36% | 31% | 22% |
| Somewhat Approve | 18% | 9% | 15% | 25% | 17% | 21% | |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 11% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 18% | 16% | |
| Strongly Disapprove | 35% | 40% | 29% | 33% | 33% | 40% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | |
| Schweitzer Approval | Strongly Approve | 36% | 41% | 30% | 33% | 49% | 29% |
| Somewhat Approve | 39% | 43% | 39% | 40% | 36% | 35% | |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 17% | 10% | 15% | 21% | 11% | 23% | |
| Strongly Disapprove | 8% | 6% | 15% | 5% | 3% | 11% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | |
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