Question
If you had to choose today, which of the following candidates would you support for Governor of Montana?
Bullock 44%
Gianforte 32%
Dunlap 3%
DK/NA 20%

About this Poll
This report summarizes the results of a statewide random sample telephone survey of 590 adult Montanans. 70% of the survey respondents were contacted via cellphone and 30% were contacted via landlines. The sample was acquired from Marketing Systems Group.

The poll was conducted from October 3-10, 2016. Students enrolled in the course “Political Science 342: Media, Public Opinion, Polling” and additional students from other political science courses at MSU Billings completed interviews for this survey. The survey results have a +/- 4.0% margin of error at a confidence level of 95% (95% of the time the results will fall within the 4% margin of error). Margin of error can be larger for sub-groups. Additionally, survey results may also be influenced by non-sampling error such as question wording, the order in which the questions were asked, and variation among interviewers.