Montana Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted by Rasmussen Reports
Date: January 9, 2005
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  Total Bush Econ
All Voters Excellent Good Fair Poor
Ballot Burns 45% 88% 74% 39% 12%
Testor 45% 6% 16% 51% 78%
Other 4% 1% 2% 2% 7%
Not Sure 6% 5% 8% 8% 3%
Ballot Burns 46% 86% 76% 42% 13%
Morrison 43% 8% 9% 48% 77%
Other 5% 1% 6% 2% 7%
Not Sure 6% 4% 10% 9% 3%
Burns Very Favorable 24% 59% 33% 15% 5%
Somewhat Favorable 31% 36% 54% 40% 11%
Somewhat Unfavorable 16% 4% 7% 22% 22%
Very Unfavorable 27% 0% 4% 23% 60%
Not Sure 2% 1% 2% 1% 2%
Testor Very Favorable 13% 11% 2% 10% 24%
Somewhat Favorable 35% 24% 28% 38% 42%
Somewhat Unfavorable 22% 28% 32% 29% 10%
Very Unfavorable 9% 20% 12% 5% 5%
Not Sure 20% 17% 25% 18% 18%
Morrison Very Favorable 16% 15% 4% 10% 24%
Somewhat Favorable 37% 28% 24% 51% 44%
Somewhat Unfavorable 18% 20% 28% 19% 12%
Very Unfavorable 8% 13% 13% 4% 6%
Not Sure 21% 24% 31% 16% 15%
Alito Very Favorable 27% 73% 39% 8% 8%
Somewhat Favorable 16% 11% 20% 30% 10%
Somewhat Unfavorable 21% 5% 17% 30% 25%
Very Unfavorable 16% 1% 2% 10% 37%
Not Sure 19% 9% 22% 23% 20%
Confirm Alito Yes 50% 86% 88% 38% 13%
No 31% 5% 4% 20% 68%
Not Sure 20% 9% 8% 42% 19%
Bush Econ Excellent 18% 100% 0% 0% 0%
Good 23% 0% 100% 0% 0%
Fair 20% 0% 0% 100% 0%
Poor 37% 0% 0% 0% 100%
Not Sure 1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Bush Iraq Excellent 20% 70% 18% 12% 0%
Good 21% 27% 51% 21% 0%
Fair 15% 1% 26% 28% 7%
Poor 44% 1% 4% 39% 92%
Not Sure 0% 1% 0% 0% 0%
Iraq Priority Troops Home 37% 12% 11% 32% 67%
Finish Mission 54% 86% 81% 54% 23%
Not Sure 9% 2% 8% 14% 10%
NSA Tension Too Worried About Liberties 28% 55% 36% 29% 10%
Too Worried About Security 37% 3% 17% 30% 70%
About Right 27% 37% 43% 31% 9%
Not Sure 8% 5% 5% 10% 11%
Immigration vs Iraq Immigration 31% 38% 42% 32% 21%
Iraq 57% 52% 40% 59% 67%
Neither 9% 6% 14% 5% 10%
Not Sure 3% 4% 4% 3% 2%
Barrier along Mexican Border Favor 59% 75% 68% 58% 46%
Oppose 30% 18% 24% 27% 41%
Not Sure 11% 7% 9% 15% 12%
Follow Abramoff Story Very Closely 29% 40% 18% 13% 41%
Somewhat Closely 38% 30% 42% 41% 37%
Not Very Closely 24% 19% 29% 39% 16%
Not at All 7% 10% 11% 6% 5%
Not Sure 1% 2% 1% 1% 0%
Importance of Abramoff Story Very Important 35% 21% 16% 32% 57%
Somewhat Important 30% 20% 34% 34% 32%
Not Very Important 23% 41% 34% 24% 6%
Not at All Important 4% 8% 4% 3% 3%
Not Sure 7% 10% 12% 6% 3%
Burns Ethics More ethical than most politicians 18% 51% 22% 15% 2%
Less ethical than most 30% 2% 7% 24% 60%
About as ethical 48% 44% 65% 58% 35%
Not Sure 4% 3% 6% 3% 4%
George Bush Approval Strongly Approve 36% 98% 60% 19% 2%
Somewhat Approve 18% 2% 36% 40% 4%
Somewhat Disapprove 11% 0% 3% 20% 17%
Strongly Disapprove 35% 0% 1% 22% 77%
Not Sure 1% 1% 0% 0% 0%
Schweitzer Approval Strongly Approve 36% 23% 27% 30% 50%
Somewhat Approve 39% 34% 47% 41% 35%
Somewhat Disapprove 17% 23% 16% 22% 11%
Strongly Disapprove 8% 19% 10% 6% 4%
Not Sure 0% 1% 0% 1% 0%
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