Pharos Research Group conducted a survey of 799 Montana likely voters between Oct 26 and Oct 28, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator.

Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions along with the order in which they were presented.

Question 1 | PreferenceView Matchup

Thinking about the election for President, if the election were held today would you vote for (rotate) Barack Obama or Mitt Romney? (Probe for undecided, ask lean)

This question was presented to 799 likely voters from Montana who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 3.5%.

The question wording was provided by Pharos Research Group.

Question 2 | PreferenceView Matchup

Thinking about the election for the US Senate, if the election were held today would you vote for (rotate) Jon Tester or Dennis Rehberg? (Probe once for undecided, ask lean)

This question was presented to 799 likely voters from Montana who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 3.5%.

The question wording was provided by Pharos Research Group.