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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