| Montana Survey of 500 Likely Voters | ||||||||
| Conducted by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||
| Date: January 9, 2005 | ||||||||
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| Total | Party | Ideology | ||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conser've | Moderate | Liberal | ||
| Ballot | Burns | 45% | 80% | 10% | 39% | 71% | 29% | 22% |
| Testor | 45% | 13% | 83% | 45% | 17% | 63% | 73% | |
| Other | 4% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 2% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 6% | 2% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 2% | |
| Ballot | Burns | 46% | 77% | 16% | 38% | 68% | 33% | 27% |
| Morrison | 43% | 13% | 79% | 44% | 20% | 58% | 65% | |
| Other | 5% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 6% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 7% | 2% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 2% | |
| Burns | Very Favorable | 24% | 41% | 13% | 12% | 31% | 16% | 17% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 31% | 47% | 10% | 34% | 46% | 23% | 21% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 16% | 5% | 24% | 23% | 12% | 21% | 13% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 27% | 7% | 52% | 27% | 11% | 39% | 48% | |
| Not Sure | 2% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 1% | |
| Testor | Very Favorable | 13% | 10% | 22% | 8% | 6% | 14% | 32% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 35% | 24% | 54% | 30% | 24% | 43% | 45% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 22% | 33% | 8% | 22% | 37% | 13% | 12% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 9% | 15% | 1% | 9% | 15% | 5% | 0% | |
| Not Sure | 20% | 18% | 14% | 31% | 19% | 26% | 11% | |
| Morrison | Very Favorable | 16% | 9% | 32% | 7% | 5% | 10% | 45% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 37% | 29% | 44% | 40% | 29% | 48% | 33% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 18% | 24% | 11% | 17% | 26% | 13% | 13% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 8% | 14% | 3% | 7% | 14% | 7% | 0% | |
| Not Sure | 21% | 24% | 10% | 29% | 25% | 22% | 10% | |
| Alito | Very Favorable | 27% | 47% | 10% | 17% | 43% | 17% | 18% |
| Somewhat Favorable | 16% | 17% | 16% | 16% | 20% | 13% | 7% | |
| Somewhat Unfavorable | 21% | 14% | 30% | 22% | 14% | 23% | 29% | |
| Very Unfavorable | 16% | 7% | 28% | 16% | 6% | 24% | 27% | |
| Not Sure | 19% | 15% | 16% | 29% | 17% | 22% | 20% | |
| Confirm Alito | Yes | 50% | 76% | 22% | 44% | 75% | 35% | 24% |
| No | 31% | 10% | 56% | 31% | 12% | 41% | 54% | |
| Not Sure | 20% | 13% | 23% | 25% | 13% | 24% | 22% | |
| Bush Econ | Excellent | 18% | 40% | 1% | 8% | 34% | 4% | 10% |
| Good | 23% | 36% | 8% | 22% | 31% | 21% | 11% | |
| Fair | 20% | 14% | 23% | 24% | 18% | 26% | 14% | |
| Poor | 37% | 9% | 66% | 44% | 16% | 48% | 61% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 4% | |
| Bush Iraq | Excellent | 20% | 40% | 1% | 11% | 35% | 8% | 14% |
| Good | 21% | 37% | 5% | 17% | 32% | 10% | 13% | |
| Fair | 15% | 14% | 11% | 19% | 17% | 20% | 3% | |
| Poor | 44% | 8% | 82% | 53% | 16% | 62% | 69% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | |
| Iraq Priority | Troops Home | 37% | 18% | 61% | 37% | 17% | 46% | 69% |
| Finish Mission | 54% | 78% | 27% | 50% | 76% | 42% | 24% | |
| Not Sure | 9% | 4% | 12% | 14% | 7% | 12% | 7% | |
| NSA Tension | Too Worried About Liberties | 28% | 44% | 13% | 22% | 40% | 20% | 18% |
| Too Worried About Security | 37% | 19% | 55% | 42% | 20% | 42% | 63% | |
| About Right | 27% | 31% | 24% | 26% | 33% | 28% | 14% | |
| Not Sure | 8% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 7% | 10% | 5% | |
| Immigration vs Iraq | Immigration | 31% | 40% | 21% | 30% | 39% | 25% | 28% |
| Iraq | 57% | 49% | 70% | 54% | 49% | 58% | 69% | |
| Neither | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 14% | 2% | |
| Not Sure | 3% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 1% | |
| Barrier along Mexican Border | Favor | 59% | 67% | 49% | 58% | 70% | 55% | 50% |
| Oppose | 30% | 24% | 37% | 32% | 20% | 32% | 45% | |
| Not Sure | 11% | 9% | 15% | 11% | 10% | 12% | 5% | |
| Follow Abramoff Story | Very Closely | 29% | 23% | 43% | 23% | 23% | 32% | 42% |
| Somewhat Closely | 38% | 41% | 31% | 43% | 40% | 43% | 25% | |
| Not Very Closely | 24% | 27% | 20% | 25% | 27% | 20% | 26% | |
| Not at All | 7% | 8% | 5% | 9% | 9% | 5% | 6% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | |
| Importance of Abramoff Story | Very Important | 35% | 22% | 51% | 38% | 21% | 43% | 56% |
| Somewhat Important | 30% | 27% | 36% | 29% | 33% | 31% | 23% | |
| Not Very Important | 23% | 34% | 9% | 22% | 31% | 21% | 12% | |
| Not at All Important | 4% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 3% | 0% | |
| Not Sure | 7% | 10% | 2% | 9% | 9% | 3% | 9% | |
| Burns Ethics | More ethical than most politicians | 18% | 33% | 6% | 12% | 26% | 8% | 21% |
| Less ethical than most | 30% | 9% | 58% | 29% | 11% | 37% | 53% | |
| About as ethical | 48% | 54% | 33% | 55% | 56% | 54% | 26% | |
| Not Sure | 4% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 1% | 0% | |
| George Bush Approval | Strongly Approve | 36% | 66% | 9% | 25% | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Somewhat Approve | 18% | 25% | 9% | 20% | 24% | 16% | 7% | |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 11% | 2% | 12% | 22% | 5% | 19% | 9% | |
| Strongly Disapprove | 35% | 6% | 71% | 33% | 10% | 45% | 62% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | |
| Schweitzer Approval | Strongly Approve | 36% | 24% | 56% | 29% | 21% | 45% | 54% |
| Somewhat Approve | 39% | 38% | 33% | 45% | 42% | 35% | 34% | |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 17% | 23% | 9% | 17% | 22% | 14% | 10% | |
| Strongly Disapprove | 8% | 14% | 2% | 7% | 14% | 6% | 2% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | |
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