MSU-Billings poll: MT race tightens

[maddezmom]

Source: Montana News Station

MSU-Billings poll: MT race tightens

Posted: Oct 23, 2008 10:48 AM CDT

Updated: Oct 23, 2008 12:19 PM CDT





A new poll released today shows Montana is leaning towards Senator Barack Obama in the Presidential race. Just over 400 likely voters in Montana were asked a variety of questions on the upcoming election.

The question regarding voting for President was phrased: "If this year's presidential election Montana were being held today for whom do you think you would vote for." The names of all the candidates were read and Barack Obama's and John McCain's names were rotated in the order in which they were read. A plurality (44.4%) of those polled said "Obama." The results for this question fall within the +/- 5% margin of error for this survey.

Barrack Obama 44.4%

John McCain 40.2%

Ron Paul 4.2%

Ralph Nader .7%

Bob Barr 1%

Undecided 9.5%



Read more: http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9227101&nav=menu227_6

[OmahaBlueDog]

1. The figure that sticks out for me there is the 4.2 for Ron Paul

Hmmmmmmmm

[dbackjon]

4. Ron Paul won the Republican caucus there

When I was in Missoula in September, Ron Paul signs, bumper stickers were everywhere. Some Obama stuff, no McCain items.

[customerserviceguy]

9. When I lived out West

there was a lot of support for Ron Paul, he's the favorite "none of the above" placeholder candidate for those folks disaffected with a political system that they believe to be a million miles away from their everyday reality.

[bigworld]

10. Paul is on the Constitution Party slot there

... I think he'll get way more than 4.2%.

[Alcibiades]

2. If we win in places like Montana

and NC and VA, where oh where can McCain possibly win to pull this out?

Alaska?

[4lbs]

3. Paul + Nader + Barr took away 6 points from McCain.

:D

[cosmicone]

5. They could be taking them from Obama as well

We don't know how those people would have voted.

[K8-EEE]

6. That's why they had a massive GOP "vote challenge" in Missoula

aka vote suppression.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSADRgv6mUU

[kath]

7. I hope that it was the news station that made this mistake, and not the university:

"for whom do you think you would vote for?"
OY.

(checked their 2004 poll on the Univ.'s website, and it was worded correctly then. Presumably the reporter just got it wrong in this article. Still, though. Looks like we've got another another example of a "reporter" who can't write worth shit. What the heck are they teaching in college these days?)

[Zodiak]

8. When in doubt, add more "for"s

Taught in every talking head school in the nation....lol.

[bertman]

11. If you're gonna cover the Sarah Palins of the world, you have to be able to write like they do.

Edited for grammar.

And for grandma too.