Montana Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted by Rasmussen Reports
Date: January 9, 2005
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  Total Schweitzer Approval
All Voters Strongly Approve Somewhat Approve Somewhat Disapprove Strongly Disapprove
Ballot Burns 45% 23% 48% 73% 71%
Testor 45% 72% 39% 17% 10%
Other 4% 2% 4% 5% 9%
Not Sure 6% 2% 9% 5% 10%
Ballot Burns 46% 27% 47% 73% 68%
Morrison 43% 67% 38% 18% 14%
Other 5% 3% 5% 5% 9%
Not Sure 6% 3% 10% 4% 9%
Burns Very Favorable 24% 23% 18% 30% 43%
Somewhat Favorable 31% 12% 41% 48% 35%
Somewhat Unfavorable 16% 18% 20% 8% 9%
Very Unfavorable 27% 46% 20% 13% 9%
Not Sure 2% 1% 2% 0% 4%
Testor Very Favorable 13% 22% 6% 11% 9%
Somewhat Favorable 35% 51% 32% 13% 27%
Somewhat Unfavorable 22% 8% 28% 40% 21%
Very Unfavorable 9% 3% 5% 20% 30%
Not Sure 20% 15% 29% 17% 13%
Morrison Very Favorable 16% 31% 7% 9% 4%
Somewhat Favorable 37% 44% 39% 20% 31%
Somewhat Unfavorable 18% 7% 22% 35% 16%
Very Unfavorable 8% 4% 3% 18% 30%
Not Sure 21% 14% 28% 18% 20%
Alito Very Favorable 27% 19% 21% 44% 52%
Somewhat Favorable 16% 16% 20% 13% 7%
Somewhat Unfavorable 21% 23% 21% 17% 26%
Very Unfavorable 16% 25% 15% 6% 3%
Not Sure 19% 16% 23% 20% 13%
Confirm Alito Yes 50% 35% 53% 63% 74%
No 31% 44% 26% 19% 16%
Not Sure 20% 21% 21% 18% 10%
Bush Econ Excellent 18% 12% 16% 26% 40%
Good 23% 17% 29% 22% 27%
Fair 20% 17% 21% 27% 14%
Poor 37% 51% 33% 24% 19%
Not Sure 1% 2% 0% 2% 0%
Bush Iraq Excellent 20% 15% 13% 37% 37%
Good 21% 8% 29% 24% 38%
Fair 15% 13% 16% 17% 8%
Poor 44% 63% 41% 21% 17%
Not Sure 0% 1% 0% 1% 0%
Iraq Priority Troops Home 37% 55% 29% 28% 13%
Finish Mission 54% 39% 57% 67% 82%
Not Sure 9% 6% 14% 5% 5%
NSA Tension Too Worried About Liberties 28% 25% 23% 36% 53%
Too Worried About Security 37% 43% 38% 27% 22%
About Right 27% 25% 30% 28% 25%
Not Sure 8% 8% 9% 9% 0%
Immigration vs Iraq Immigration 31% 32% 30% 30% 36%
Iraq 57% 64% 55% 54% 39%
Neither 9% 3% 11% 10% 22%
Not Sure 3% 2% 3% 6% 3%
Barrier along Mexican Border Favor 59% 53% 59% 63% 71%
Oppose 30% 34% 28% 29% 25%
Not Sure 11% 13% 13% 8% 4%
Follow Abramoff Story Very Closely 29% 45% 22% 19% 17%
Somewhat Closely 38% 36% 38% 44% 44%
Not Very Closely 24% 14% 30% 33% 27%
Not at All 7% 5% 11% 3% 12%
Not Sure 1% 1% 0% 1% 0%
Importance of Abramoff Story Very Important 35% 50% 33% 20% 17%
Somewhat Important 30% 30% 34% 28% 22%
Not Very Important 23% 15% 21% 33% 44%
Not at All Important 4% 2% 1% 11% 14%
Not Sure 7% 3% 12% 7% 1%
Burns Ethics More ethical than most politicians 18% 16% 16% 23% 29%
Less ethical than most 30% 48% 25% 12% 9%
About as ethical 48% 34% 53% 64% 54%
Not Sure 4% 2% 6% 2% 8%
George Bush Approval Strongly Approve 36% 26% 31% 49% 72%
Somewhat Approve 18% 8% 25% 25% 18%
Somewhat Disapprove 11% 8% 14% 14% 1%
Strongly Disapprove 35% 58% 30% 10% 9%
Not Sure 1% 0% 0% 2% 0%
Schweitzer Approval Strongly Approve 36% 100% 0% 0% 0%
Somewhat Approve 39% 0% 100% 0% 0%
Somewhat Disapprove 17% 0% 0% 100% 0%
Strongly Disapprove 8% 0% 0% 0% 100%
Not Sure 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
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