Montana Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted by Rasmussen Reports
Date: January 9, 2005
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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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