Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for December 22, 2022
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December 22, 2022: Eighty-six percent (86%) of voters will celebrate Christmas this year. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 33% will celebrate it primarily as a religious holiday, 24% primarily as a secular holiday, and 40% both equally.
The survey also found that, of those who will celebrate Christmas, 93% will likely give presents to family and friends, 91% expect to have a family Christmas meal, 67% will give money or gifts to charity, and 52% will attend church on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on December 13-15, 2022. Fieldwork for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of registered voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 2.8 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
'Survey Questions
Which of the following holidays will you personally celebrate this year?
- 86%-Christmas
- 2%-Hanukkah
- 2%-Kwanzaa
- 7%-None of the above
- 3%-Not sure
[If celebrating Christmas] Will you celebrate Christmas primarily as a religious holiday or a secular holiday?
- 33%-Religious
- 24%-Secular
- 40%-Both equally
- 4%-Not sure
[If celebrating Christmas] To celebrate Christmas, how likely is it that you will do each of the following?
Give presents to friends and family
- 74%-Very likely
- 19%-Somewhat likely
- 4%-Not very likely
- 2%-Not at all likely
- 1%-Not sure
Have a family Christmas meal
- 70%-Very likely
- 21%-Somewhat likely
- 4%-Not very likely
- 4%-Not at all likely
- 1%-Not sure
Give money or gifts to charity
- 32%-Very likely
- 35%-Somewhat likely
- 15%-Not very likely
- 13%-Not at all likely
- 4%-Not sure
Attend church on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day
- 31%-Very likely
- 21%-Somewhat likely
- 18%-Not very likely
- 26%-Not at all likely
- 3%-Not sure
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