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Poll Demographics

Tester-D: 47%
Burns-R: 47%
Jones-L: 1%
Undecided: 5%

About this Poll
The Gazette State Poll was conducted from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. of Washington for The Billings Gazette, the Montana Standard of Butte, the Helena Independent Record, the Missoulian and the Ravalli Republic of Hamilton.

A total of 625 registered Montana voters were interviewed statewide by telephone. All said they regularly vote in state elections.
Pollsters interviewed 314 women, 50.2 percent of the sample, and 311 men, 49.8 percent.

The poll has a margin of error of plus- or minus-4 percentage points. The margin of error is higher for any subgroup, such as a gender sampling.

Those interviewed were selected by random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of telephone exchanges was used to ensure an accurate reflection of the state. Quotas were assigned to reflect the turnout by county.