MONTANA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday, September 20, 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?

43% Burns

50% Tester

3% some other candidate

5% not sure

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

	Burns	Tester
Very favorable	23%	32%
Somewhat favorable	22%	25%
Somewhat unfavorable	18%	21%
Very unfavorable	36%	21%
Not sure	2%	2%

3* 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?

31% strongly approve

20% somewhat approve

8% somewhat disapprove

40% strongly disapprove

0% not sure

4* How would you rate the job Brian Schweitzer has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

38% strongly approve

40% somewhat approve

13% somewhat disapprove

7% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

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