MSU-B poll shows Tester leading
2006-10-19
Source: Billings Gazette
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rss feedDemocratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Tester leads incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns by 11 percentage points in a Montana State University-Billings poll released Wednesday.
Forty-six percent of the 409 Montanans surveyed by the poll said they would vote for Tester and 35 percent for Burns, a Republican. Libertarian Stan Jones was supported by about 5 percent of voters, and nearly 14 percent were undecided.
The statewide, random-sample telephone survey was conducted last week by MSU-Billings sociology and political science students.
Students spent about 20 hours working the phones during the survey, said Jared Sonsteng, a 21-year-old MSU-Billings junior.
Only adult Montanans who said they were registered to vote and likely to vote in the upcoming general election were questioned. Poll results have a plus-or-minus margin of error of 5 percent.
During a Wednesday press conference, MSU-Billings sociology professor Joe Floyd said the purpose of the survey is to give students experience in conducting an actual political poll.
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