| Montana Survey of 500 Likely Voters | ||||||||
| Conducted by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||
| Date: January 9, 2005 | ||||||||
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| Total | Gender | Married | Children at Home | |||||
| All Voters | Men | Women | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| Ballot | Burns | 45% | 51% | 38% | 46% | 44% | 50% | 44% |
| Testor | 45% | 43% | 47% | 44% | 46% | 37% | 48% | |
| Other | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 3% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 2% | 11% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 5% | |
| Ballot | Burns | 46% | 54% | 36% | 50% | 40% | 52% | 44% |
| Morrison | 43% | 39% | 49% | 40% | 48% | 36% | 46% | |
| Other | 5% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 5% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 2% | 12% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 5% | |
| Burns | Very Favorable | 24% | 30% | 15% | 25% | 22% | 19% | 26% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 31% | 30% | 32% | 34% | 27% | 40% | 28% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 16% | 13% | 21% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 16% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 27% | 26% | 29% | 24% | 31% | 22% | 29% | |
| Not Sure | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | |
| Testor | Very Favorable | 13% | 14% | 11% | 15% | 10% | 17% | 11% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 35% | 35% | 36% | 34% | 37% | 22% | 41% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 22% | 25% | 19% | 22% | 23% | 26% | 20% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 9% | 14% | 3% | 10% | 8% | 14% | 7% | |
| Not Sure | 20% | 13% | 30% | 20% | 22% | 21% | 20% | |
| Morrison | Very Favorable | 16% | 18% | 13% | 15% | 17% | 12% | 17% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 37% | 35% | 39% | 32% | 44% | 27% | 41% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 18% | 21% | 15% | 21% | 13% | 25% | 15% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 8% | 10% | 6% | 10% | 5% | 12% | 7% | |
| Not Sure | 21% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 21% | 24% | 20% | |
| Alito | Very Favorable | 27% | 33% | 18% | 31% | 21% | 26% | 27% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 16% | 14% | 19% | 14% | 20% | 13% | 18% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 21% | 23% | 19% | 22% | 20% | 23% | 21% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 16% | 19% | 12% | 16% | 16% | 22% | 14% | |
| Not Sure | 19% | 10% | 32% | 17% | 23% | 17% | 20% | |
| Confirm Alito | Yes | 50% | 52% | 46% | 54% | 42% | 54% | 48% |
| No | 31% | 35% | 24% | 29% | 33% | 32% | 30% | |
| Not Sure | 20% | 12% | 30% | 17% | 24% | 14% | 22% | |
| Bush Econ | Excellent | 18% | 22% | 14% | 20% | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Good | 23% | 24% | 23% | 28% | 16% | 26% | 22% | |
| Fair | 20% | 14% | 28% | 17% | 24% | 17% | 21% | |
| Poor | 37% | 40% | 33% | 34% | 42% | 35% | 38% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
| Bush Iraq | Excellent | 20% | 24% | 14% | 22% | 16% | 23% | 18% |
| Good | 21% | 20% | 23% | 22% | 21% | 21% | 22% | |
| Fair | 15% | 14% | 16% | 17% | 11% | 18% | 13% | |
| Poor | 44% | 41% | 47% | 39% | 51% | 38% | 46% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | |
| Iraq Priority | Troops Home | 37% | 34% | 40% | 36% | 38% | 39% | 36% |
| Finish Mission | 54% | 59% | 48% | 56% | 52% | 51% | 56% | |
| Not Sure | 9% | 6% | 13% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 9% | |
| NSA Tension | Too Worried About Liberties | 28% | 27% | 30% | 31% | 23% | 26% | 29% |
| Too Worried About Security | 37% | 43% | 28% | 33% | 43% | 37% | 36% | |
| About Right | 27% | 26% | 29% | 30% | 23% | 29% | 26% | |
| Not Sure | 8% | 4% | 14% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 9% | |
| Immigration vs Iraq | Immigration | 31% | 38% | 22% | 33% | 29% | 25% | 34% |
| Iraq | 57% | 52% | 63% | 55% | 60% | 57% | 57% | |
| Neither | 9% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 7% | 15% | 6% | |
| Not Sure | 3% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | |
| Barrier along Mexican Border | Favor | 59% | 62% | 54% | 64% | 49% | 65% | 56% |
| Oppose | 30% | 30% | 30% | 25% | 40% | 26% | 32% | |
| Not Sure | 11% | 8% | 16% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 12% | |
| Follow Abramoff Story | Very Closely | 29% | 33% | 24% | 33% | 23% | 29% | 30% |
| Somewhat Closely | 38% | 40% | 36% | 34% | 46% | 32% | 41% | |
| Not Very Closely | 24% | 21% | 28% | 24% | 25% | 26% | 23% | |
| Not at All | 7% | 4% | 12% | 8% | 5% | 14% | 5% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | |
| Importance of Abramoff Story | Very Important | 35% | 38% | 32% | 34% | 38% | 35% | 36% |
| Somewhat Important | 30% | 27% | 35% | 32% | 27% | 24% | 33% | |
| Not Very Important | 23% | 24% | 21% | 21% | 26% | 22% | 23% | |
| Not at All Important | 4% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 7% | 3% | |
| Not Sure | 7% | 5% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 12% | 5% | |
| Burns Ethics | More ethical than most politicians | 18% | 22% | 14% | 19% | 17% | 21% | 17% |
| Less ethical than most | 30% | 29% | 32% | 26% | 38% | 19% | 35% | |
| About as ethical | 48% | 49% | 46% | 51% | 41% | 52% | 46% | |
| Not Sure | 4% | 1% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 3% | |
| George Bush Approval | Strongly Approve | 36% | 41% | 28% | 40% | 29% | 38% | 34% |
| Somewhat Approve | 18% | 14% | 24% | 20% | 16% | 24% | 16% | |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 11% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 18% | 7% | 12% | |
| Strongly Disapprove | 35% | 35% | 35% | 33% | 37% | 29% | 37% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | |
| Schweitzer Approval | Strongly Approve | 36% | 35% | 36% | 37% | 33% | 27% | 39% |
| Somewhat Approve | 39% | 38% | 39% | 39% | 38% | 44% | 36% | |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 17% | 18% | 15% | 14% | 20% | 21% | 15% | |
| Strongly Disapprove | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 9% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | |
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