According to the poll of 538 registered voters, 50.8% of respondents said they would vote for Republican Tim Sheehy with 44.7% showing support for Jon Tester. The poll showed 3.8% said they were undecided. Political analyst Mike Dennison has also seen polls with Tester in the lead. It's going to be a close race, bottom line.
MONTANA - A new statewide Montana poll is showing that Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Tim Sheehy is leading over incumbent Democratic senator Jon Tester.
According to the poll of 538 registered voters, 50.8% of respondents said they would vote for Republican Tim Sheehy with 44.7% showing support for Jon Tester. The poll showed 3.8% said they were undecided.
Poll conducted August 10 shows Tim Sheehy has a slight lead over incumbent Jon Tester.
Sheehy’s favorable ratings are 49.8% while Tester’s stand at 44.7.
The majority of voters also sided with Sheehy when asked which candidate would better handle three major issues facing Montanans.
In regard to the economy and inflation, 50.6% of the voters polled said Sheehy would do a better job compared to 42.1% for Tester.
Poll conducted on August 10 shows Tim Sheehy in the lead on Montana's economy.
In terms of immigration, 56.2% of voters said Sheehy would do a better job compared to Tester at 39%.
The last issue polled was abortion, with Sheehy garnering 45.3% to Tester at 42.9%.
Poll conducted on August 10 shows the polled Montanans favor Tim Sheehy's stance on abortion.
“Jon Tester will be re-elected in November because of his strong record delivering for veterans, fighting to lower costs for working families, and defending Montana’s way of life. Jon is focused on delivering for Montana families, not inaccurate polls from partisan pollsters,” Monica Robinson, spokesperson for Montanans For Tester, said.
“It's clear Tim is winning the ground war by traveling from town to town across Montana, looking Montanans in the eye, and sharing his commonsense agenda to defeat inflation, bring down costs, seal our border, fight for Montana families, and put America First! But, if we're going to win this race in November and finally retire Jon Tester, who is the number-one recipient of lobbyist cash, it will take every one of us working together to save our country,” Jack O’Brien, a Sheehy campaign spokesperson, said.
The poll was commissioned by NonStop Local and conducted by American Pulse Research and Polling between August 10 and August 12.
The poll has a margin of error +/- 4.2%.
