MONTANA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Saturday, November 4, 2006

1* If the election for the United States Senate were held today, would you vote for Republican Conrad Burns or for Democrat Jon Tester?

48% Burns

50% Tester

1% some other candidate

1% not sure

2* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:

	Burns	Tester
Very favorable	26%	32%
Somewhat favorable	21%	20%
Somewhat unfavorable	11%	20%
Very unfavorable	41%	27%
Not sure	1%	1%

3* Suppose that your vote determined which political party wins control of the United States Senate this year. Would you vote for the Republican Party or the Democratic Party?

48% Republican

46% Democratic

6% mot sure

4* How would you rate the way things are going in Iraq these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?

4% excellent

21% good

23% fair

51% poor

1% not sure

5* Generally speaking how would you rate the U.S Economy these days…excellent, good, fair or poor?

21% excellent

30% good

35% fair

13% poor

1% not sure

6* How would you rate the job George W. Bush has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

32% strongly approve

17% somewhat approve

8% somewhat disapprove

44% strongly disapprove

0% not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.