More Will Pray Than Drink on New Year’s Eve
Seventy-one percent (71%) of Americans will offer a prayer for the New Year on New Year’s Eve. Thirty-six percent (36%) will have a drink to welcome in 2007.
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December 29, 2006
December 28, 2006
2006: 44% Say it Was a Good Year
Four percent (4%) of Americans rate 2006 as one of the best years ever. Another 40% say it was a good or an excellent year.
December 26, 2006
Small Business Economic Confidence Dips
Small business owners' confidence in the U.S. economy dipped somewhat in December, although optimism about the year ahead still remains high, according to the monthly Discover (R) Small Business Watch (SM).
December 22, 2006
Four Days Left: 17% Still Haven’t Started Shopping
On Thursday, December 21, more than a million Americans bought their last Christmas gift of 2006. Hundreds of thousands more finally got around to starting their shopping.
December 22, 2006
Four Days to Go: 17% Still Haven’t Started Shopping
On Thursday, December 21, more than a million Americans bought their last Christmas gift of 2006. Hundreds of thousands more finally got around to starting their shopping.
The final Rasmussen Reports holiday shopping poll of the season found that 53% of Americans have finished shopping heading into the final weekend before Christmas. That’s up from 48% the day before and 23% a week ago. Forty-two percent (42%) of all adults say they still have shopping left to do this weekend while 5% are not sure.
December 21, 2006
Five Days to Go: 48% Have Finished Shopping
Over the past week, one-quarter of all American adults (25%) finished their Christmas shopping. With just five days to go, that brings the total to 48% who have already bought their last holiday gift.
December 19, 2006
Americans Divided on Cause of Global Warming
American voters tend to see Global Warming as a serious problem but are divided as to whether it’s caused by human activities or long-term planetary trends.
December 19, 2006
Poll: 77% Celebrate Christmas as a Religious Holiday
Rasmussen Reports surveys conducted this season have found that between 87% and 90% of American adults will celebrate Christmas in some form or another.
December 19, 2006
Few Following Progress of Discovery Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle Discovery has routinely done what once seemed amazing—a night launch, docking with an International Space Station, completing four walks in space, and more. But, few Americans find it amazing any more.
December 18, 2006
71% Rate Christmas As Most Important Holiday
Seventy-one percent (71%) of Americans consider Christmas one of the nation’s most important holidays. That figure is higher than for any other holiday.
December 14, 2006
65% Say Jesus is the Reason for the Season
Sixty-five percent (65%) of American adults say that the holiday season should focus more on the birth of Jesus.
December 14, 2006
28% Have Not Started Holiday Shopping
With only 12 shopping days left until Christmas, 28% of Americans have so far failed to purchase a single gift.
December 11, 2006
Home for the Holidays
The final holiday countdown is on and of all of the arrangements to be made, travel plans are not high on the list this year. Sixty percent (60%) of American adults plan to spend the holidays at home.
December 7, 2006
Kramer in Crisis
Actor Michael Richards, best known for his role as the eccentric Cosmo Kramer on “Seinfeld,” earns unfavorable reviews from 42% of the American public. Thirty-two percent (32%) view him favorably.
December 4, 2006
51% Say Holiday Season is Joyful
Although they’ve been doing battle at the shopping malls to find the perfect gifts, 51% of respondents to a Rasmussen Reports survey about holiday shopping say they find this time of the year joyful.
December 1, 2006
62% Will Have Christmas Trees
Sixty-two percent (62%) of Americans will be decorating a Christmas tree this year. A Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 22% say they’ll skip this holiday tradition.
November 29, 2006
Shopping Season Officially Underway
Fifty-two percent (52%) of Americans have started their holiday shopping, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports holiday shopping survey.
November 24, 2006
69% Prefer “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays”
Of the many stress-inducing activities that typically are part of the holidays, how to express season’s greetings never used to be high on the list. Recently, however, the traditional “Merry Christmas” has become somewhat of a taboo expression.
November 24, 2006
Thanksgiving Rated Second Most Important Holiday
During the past six months, Rasmussen Reports has been asking Americans to rate the nation’s holidays and the clear winner so far is the Fourth of July.
November 23, 2006
81% Will Serve Turkey on Thanksgiving
When Americans gather around their dining tables this Thursday to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, the overwhelming majority will have the traditional centerpiece to their meals: turkey.
