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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