Questions - Election 2012: Montana Senate - August 20, 2012

Montana Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted August 20, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports

*Please note that we split the survey to rotate the order of the candidates, so while half will hear the Republican first, the other half hears the Democrat mentioned first.

1* If the 2012 election for U.S. Senate were held today would you vote for Republican Denny Rehberg or Democrat Jon Tester?

2* I’m going to read you a short list of people in the news. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

Denny Rehberg

Jon Tester

3* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

4* Are economic conditions in the country getting better or worse?

5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Medicare?

6* When it comes to the future of Medicare, which scares you more….President Obama’s health care law or Paul Ryan’s proposal?

7* 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?

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