Telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters in the state of Montana

Burns (R) 45
Morrison (D) 49

Burns (R) 44
Tester (D) 48


May 16, 2006--Republican Senator Conrad Burns once again trails both Democrats vying for his job. Perhaps even more stunning is that a relatively unknown GOP candidate now polls better than Burns when matched against the Democrats.

Burns now trails State Senate President Jon Tester 48% to 44%. A month ago, Burns held a very slight lead over Tester. They were even at the end of March.

After pulling to within two points of State Auditor John Morrison last month, Burns now trails by four, 49% to 45%. In March, Burns trailed Morrison by five points.

About this Poll
The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports April 11, 2006. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points at the midpoint with a 95% level of confidence