Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for December 23, 2022
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
December 23, 2022: Fifty-eight percent (58%) of voters say that Christmas is one of our nation’s most important holidays. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that just 19% say it is one of the least important, and 28% say it is somewhere in between.
The survey also found that more than two-thirds of voters believe in the virgin birth (69%) and that the main elements of the Christmas story, including the star of Bethlehem, angels appearing to shepherds, and the visit of the magi, really happened (67%).
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
Is Christmas one of our nation’s most important holidays, least important, or somewhere in between?
- 58%-Most important
- 9%-Least important
- 28%-Somewhere in between
- 5%-Not sure
Please let me know if each of the following statements is true or false:
Mary was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus Christ.
- 69%-True
- 16%-False
- 15%-Not sure
The main elements of the Christmas story, including the star of Bethlehem, angels appearing to shepherds, and the visit of the magi really happened.
- 67%-True
- 14%-False
- 19%-Not sure
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