| Montana Survey of 500 Likely Voters | ||||||||
| Conducted by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||
| Date: January 9, 2005 | ||||||||
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| Total | Income | |||||||
| All Voters | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | ||
| Ballot | Burns | 45% | 32% | 47% | 52% | 47% | 55% | 48% |
| Testor | 45% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 46% | 31% | 36% | |
| Other | 4% | 9% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 3% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 14% | 13% | |
| Ballot | Burns | 46% | 30% | 51% | 52% | 55% | 61% | 44% |
| Morrison | 43% | 55% | 45% | 37% | 37% | 21% | 35% | |
| Other | 5% | 10% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 6% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 14% | 14% | |
| Burns | Very Favorable | 24% | 10% | 32% | 24% | 24% | 8% | 9% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 31% | 29% | 23% | 37% | 31% | 60% | 45% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 16% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 19% | 17% | 15% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 27% | 42% | 29% | 22% | 26% | 15% | 31% | |
| Not Sure | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Testor | Very Favorable | 13% | 20% | 9% | 8% | 13% | 9% | 16% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 35% | 28% | 42% | 39% | 40% | 31% | 21% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 22% | 24% | 23% | 22% | 41% | 17% | 5% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 9% | 5% | 9% | 11% | 0% | 2% | 46% | |
| Not Sure | 20% | 24% | 17% | 19% | 7% | 41% | 12% | |
| Morrison | Very Favorable | 16% | 17% | 12% | 14% | 10% | 13% | 5% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 37% | 40% | 49% | 27% | 35% | 29% | 23% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 18% | 20% | 12% | 19% | 39% | 14% | 34% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 8% | 4% | 9% | 16% | 10% | 3% | 12% | |
| Not Sure | 21% | 19% | 17% | 24% | 6% | 41% | 27% | |
| Alito | Very Favorable | 27% | 21% | 29% | 36% | 7% | 29% | 48% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 16% | 19% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 19% | 9% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 21% | 16% | 23% | 16% | 51% | 16% | 12% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 16% | 21% | 16% | 19% | 19% | 13% | 5% | |
| Not Sure | 19% | 22% | 18% | 16% | 8% | 23% | 25% | |
| Confirm Alito | Yes | 50% | 36% | 53% | 50% | 45% | 63% | 62% |
| No | 31% | 42% | 27% | 33% | 37% | 23% | 15% | |
| Not Sure | 20% | 22% | 20% | 17% | 18% | 14% | 23% | |
| Bush Econ | Excellent | 18% | 8% | 18% | 20% | 7% | 33% | 35% |
| Good | 23% | 12% | 28% | 33% | 26% | 28% | 15% | |
| Fair | 20% | 29% | 19% | 8% | 28% | 17% | 25% | |
| Poor | 37% | 50% | 34% | 36% | 39% | 22% | 24% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Bush Iraq | Excellent | 20% | 16% | 23% | 18% | 6% | 28% | 24% |
| Good | 21% | 11% | 22% | 27% | 30% | 17% | 15% | |
| Fair | 15% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 18% | 24% | 22% | |
| Poor | 44% | 58% | 41% | 40% | 46% | 31% | 39% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Iraq Priority | Troops Home | 37% | 57% | 30% | 32% | 32% | 36% | 28% |
| Finish Mission | 54% | 35% | 60% | 52% | 64% | 64% | 64% | |
| Not Sure | 9% | 8% | 10% | 17% | 5% | 0% | 8% | |
| NSA Tension | Too Worried About Liberties | 28% | 22% | 34% | 25% | 25% | 33% | 16% |
| Too Worried About Security | 37% | 43% | 35% | 38% | 43% | 33% | 10% | |
| About Right | 27% | 19% | 23% | 34% | 23% | 32% | 71% | |
| Not Sure | 8% | 17% | 7% | 3% | 9% | 2% | 3% | |
| Immigration vs Iraq | Immigration | 31% | 27% | 39% | 32% | 26% | 23% | 10% |
| Iraq | 57% | 62% | 44% | 56% | 64% | 77% | 76% | |
| Neither | 9% | 5% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 0% | 12% | |
| Not Sure | 3% | 6% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | |
| Barrier along Mexican Border | Favor | 59% | 51% | 64% | 66% | 66% | 47% | 61% |
| Oppose | 30% | 38% | 28% | 23% | 26% | 45% | 12% | |
| Not Sure | 11% | 11% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 8% | 27% | |
| Follow Abramoff Story | Very Closely | 29% | 25% | 29% | 28% | 35% | 22% | 43% |
| Somewhat Closely | 38% | 36% | 45% | 36% | 34% | 32% | 34% | |
| Not Very Closely | 24% | 31% | 19% | 25% | 19% | 39% | 23% | |
| Not at All | 7% | 8% | 6% | 9% | 12% | 6% | 0% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Importance of Abramoff Story | Very Important | 35% | 44% | 30% | 26% | 41% | 34% | 34% |
| Somewhat Important | 30% | 28% | 31% | 38% | 22% | 21% | 52% | |
| Not Very Important | 23% | 20% | 29% | 26% | 16% | 36% | 14% | |
| Not at All Important | 4% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 1% | 0% | |
| Not Sure | 7% | 7% | 7% | 3% | 14% | 9% | 0% | |
| Burns Ethics | More ethical than most politicians | 18% | 11% | 12% | 21% | 32% | 27% | 8% |
| Less ethical than most | 30% | 40% | 32% | 25% | 28% | 15% | 13% | |
| About as ethical | 48% | 42% | 52% | 51% | 41% | 58% | 68% | |
| Not Sure | 4% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| George Bush Approval | Strongly Approve | 36% | 23% | 44% | 41% | 37% | 36% | 39% |
| Somewhat Approve | 18% | 17% | 14% | 18% | 18% | 32% | 22% | |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 11% | 20% | 10% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 6% | |
| Strongly Disapprove | 35% | 40% | 31% | 36% | 39% | 23% | 33% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Schweitzer Approval | Strongly Approve | 36% | 39% | 40% | 32% | 24% | 33% | 23% |
| Somewhat Approve | 39% | 28% | 34% | 51% | 53% | 39% | 36% | |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 17% | 25% | 14% | 11% | 18% | 6% | 30% | |
| Strongly Disapprove | 8% | 7% | 11% | 6% | 5% | 22% | 11% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
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