| Montana Survey of 500 Likely Voters | ||||||
| Conducted by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||
| Date: January 9, 2005 | ||||||
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| Total | Follow Abramoff Story | |||||
| All Voters | Very Closely | Somewhat Closely | Not Very Closely | Not at All | ||
| Ballot | Burns | 45% | 30% | 51% | 51% | 57% |
| Testor | 45% | 65% | 41% | 36% | 20% | |
| Other | 4% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 8% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 15% | |
| Ballot | Burns | 46% | 34% | 48% | 55% | 56% |
| Morrison | 43% | 62% | 39% | 31% | 31% | |
| Other | 5% | 4% | 8% | 1% | 0% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 1% | 5% | 12% | 13% | |
| Burns | Very Favorable | 24% | 28% | 22% | 15% | 19% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 31% | 12% | 34% | 51% | 45% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 16% | 13% | 14% | 18% | 21% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 27% | 46% | 29% | 14% | 9% | |
| Not Sure | 2% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 6% | |
| Testor | Very Favorable | 13% | 28% | 6% | 11% | 5% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 35% | 32% | 42% | 32% | 28% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 22% | 21% | 21% | 24% | 30% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 9% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 8% | |
| Not Sure | 20% | 10% | 22% | 25% | 29% | |
| Morrison | Very Favorable | 16% | 30% | 8% | 8% | 14% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 37% | 37% | 41% | 35% | 22% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 18% | 16% | 13% | 25% | 33% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 8% | 8% | 13% | 4% | 3% | |
| Not Sure | 21% | 8% | 25% | 28% | 28% | |
| Alito | Very Favorable | 27% | 36% | 23% | 30% | 16% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 16% | 6% | 25% | 16% | 13% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 21% | 20% | 20% | 17% | 33% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 16% | 32% | 13% | 7% | 3% | |
| Not Sure | 19% | 6% | 19% | 30% | 35% | |
| Confirm Alito | Yes | 50% | 43% | 53% | 54% | 44% |
| No | 31% | 47% | 26% | 22% | 28% | |
| Not Sure | 20% | 10% | 21% | 24% | 29% | |
| Bush Econ | Excellent | 18% | 24% | 14% | 14% | 24% |
| Good | 23% | 14% | 26% | 28% | 33% | |
| Fair | 20% | 9% | 21% | 32% | 15% | |
| Poor | 37% | 53% | 37% | 25% | 27% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | |
| Bush Iraq | Excellent | 20% | 21% | 16% | 20% | 35% |
| Good | 21% | 10% | 23% | 27% | 28% | |
| Fair | 15% | 11% | 16% | 19% | 10% | |
| Poor | 44% | 57% | 45% | 33% | 27% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Iraq Priority | Troops Home | 37% | 51% | 30% | 35% | 29% |
| Finish Mission | 54% | 42% | 61% | 54% | 63% | |
| Not Sure | 9% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 9% | |
| NSA Tension | Too Worried About Liberties | 28% | 27% | 28% | 29% | 36% |
| Too Worried About Security | 37% | 44% | 39% | 30% | 28% | |
| About Right | 27% | 25% | 27% | 30% | 15% | |
| Not Sure | 8% | 5% | 6% | 12% | 20% | |
| Immigration vs Iraq | Immigration | 31% | 38% | 29% | 33% | 15% |
| Iraq | 57% | 55% | 54% | 54% | 76% | |
| Neither | 9% | 6% | 14% | 7% | 3% | |
| Not Sure | 3% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | |
| Barrier along Mexican Border | Favor | 59% | 64% | 59% | 49% | 80% |
| Oppose | 30% | 30% | 28% | 37% | 10% | |
| Not Sure | 11% | 6% | 13% | 14% | 10% | |
| Follow Abramoff Story | Very Closely | 29% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Somewhat Closely | 38% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
| Not Very Closely | 24% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| Not at All | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Importance of Abramoff Story | Very Important | 35% | 61% | 35% | 15% | 4% |
| Somewhat Important | 30% | 20% | 37% | 35% | 23% | |
| Not Very Important | 23% | 13% | 22% | 34% | 35% | |
| Not at All Important | 4% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 4% | |
| Not Sure | 7% | 0% | 2% | 14% | 35% | |
| Burns Ethics | More ethical than most politicians | 18% | 18% | 14% | 20% | 36% |
| Less ethical than most | 30% | 43% | 35% | 14% | 4% | |
| About as ethical | 48% | 37% | 51% | 59% | 33% | |
| Not Sure | 4% | 2% | 0% | 6% | 27% | |
| George Bush Approval | Strongly Approve | 36% | 34% | 35% | 36% | 52% |
| Somewhat Approve | 18% | 7% | 18% | 29% | 27% | |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 11% | 5% | 13% | 17% | 8% | |
| Strongly Disapprove | 35% | 54% | 33% | 18% | 13% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | |
| Schweitzer Approval | Strongly Approve | 36% | 56% | 34% | 21% | 23% |
| Somewhat Approve | 39% | 28% | 37% | 46% | 56% | |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 17% | 11% | 19% | 23% | 8% | |
| Strongly Disapprove | 8% | 5% | 10% | 9% | 13% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | |
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