Montana Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted by Rasmussen Reports
Date: January 9, 2005
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  Total George Bush Approval
All Voters Strongly Approve Somewhat Approve Somewhat Disapprove Strongly Disapprove
Ballot Burns 45% 81% 59% 26% 7%
Testor 45% 11% 21% 64% 86%
Other 4% 3% 4% 4% 5%
Not Sure 6% 5% 15% 6% 2%
Ballot Burns 46% 81% 60% 25% 10%
Morrison 43% 10% 21% 67% 81%
Other 5% 4% 2% 2% 8%
Not Sure 6% 5% 17% 6% 2%
Burns Very Favorable 24% 48% 23% 3% 6%
Somewhat Favorable 31% 44% 50% 21% 11%
Somewhat Unfavorable 16% 5% 16% 33% 23%
Very Unfavorable 27% 2% 8% 38% 60%
Not Sure 2% 0% 3% 5% 1%
Testor Very Favorable 13% 7% 4% 19% 22%
Somewhat Favorable 35% 27% 19% 44% 50%
Somewhat Unfavorable 22% 35% 30% 9% 8%
Very Unfavorable 9% 18% 9% 3% 2%
Not Sure 20% 13% 36% 26% 18%
Morrison Very Favorable 16% 9% 7% 24% 24%
Somewhat Favorable 37% 29% 32% 43% 47%
Somewhat Unfavorable 18% 26% 23% 8% 10%
Very Unfavorable 8% 15% 6% 3% 3%
Not Sure 21% 20% 33% 22% 15%
Alito Very Favorable 27% 57% 21% 17% 1%
Somewhat Favorable 16% 15% 26% 25% 10%
Somewhat Unfavorable 21% 17% 15% 21% 30%
Very Unfavorable 16% 1% 6% 9% 40%
Not Sure 19% 9% 32% 28% 20%
Confirm Alito Yes 50% 84% 65% 36% 10%
No 31% 5% 10% 34% 67%
Not Sure 20% 11% 25% 30% 23%
Bush Econ Excellent 18% 49% 2% 0% 0%
Good 23% 38% 46% 7% 0%
Fair 20% 10% 43% 35% 13%
Poor 37% 2% 8% 56% 85%
Not Sure 1% 0% 1% 2% 2%
Bush Iraq Excellent 20% 52% 4% 0% 0%
Good 21% 40% 36% 0% 0%
Fair 15% 6% 52% 15% 4%
Poor 44% 2% 7% 84% 96%
Not Sure 0% 0% 1% 1% 0%
Iraq Priority Troops Home 37% 11% 16% 52% 72%
Finish Mission 54% 85% 72% 35% 17%
Not Sure 9% 4% 12% 13% 11%
NSA Tension Too Worried About Liberties 28% 50% 24% 15% 11%
Too Worried About Security 37% 11% 25% 50% 66%
About Right 27% 35% 41% 22% 13%
Not Sure 8% 4% 10% 13% 11%
Immigration vs Iraq Immigration 31% 43% 30% 18% 23%
Iraq 57% 43% 59% 61% 69%
Neither 9% 8% 8% 16% 8%
Not Sure 3% 5% 3% 5% 1%
Barrier along Mexican Border Favor 59% 74% 58% 44% 47%
Oppose 30% 17% 29% 44% 41%
Not Sure 11% 9% 12% 12% 13%
Follow Abramoff Story Very Closely 29% 28% 11% 12% 47%
Somewhat Closely 38% 37% 39% 44% 38%
Not Very Closely 24% 24% 39% 38% 12%
Not at All 7% 11% 11% 5% 3%
Not Sure 1% 1% 1% 1% 0%
Importance of Abramoff Story Very Important 35% 15% 26% 42% 60%
Somewhat Important 30% 29% 30% 33% 32%
Not Very Important 23% 39% 27% 16% 6%
Not at All Important 4% 7% 6% 3% 1%
Not Sure 7% 10% 11% 7% 1%
Burns Ethics More ethical than most politicians 18% 38% 16% 3% 2%
Less ethical than most 30% 4% 12% 38% 65%
About as ethical 48% 54% 65% 51% 32%
Not Sure 4% 4% 8% 8% 1%
George Bush Approval Strongly Approve 36% 100% 0% 0% 0%
Somewhat Approve 18% 0% 100% 0% 0%
Somewhat Disapprove 11% 0% 0% 100% 0%
Strongly Disapprove 35% 0% 0% 0% 100%
Not Sure 1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Schweitzer Approval Strongly Approve 36% 26% 16% 27% 59%
Somewhat Approve 39% 33% 53% 49% 33%
Somewhat Disapprove 17% 23% 23% 21% 5%
Strongly Disapprove 8% 17% 8% 1% 2%
Not Sure 0% 1% 0% 2% 0%
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