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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for December 31, 2024
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
December 31, 2024: Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters say they will be awake when the New Year arrives at midnight on December 31. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found 23% will not be awake.
The survey also found that 54% will have dinner with family and friends, 43% will say a prayer, and 43% will have a beer or alcoholic beverage at some point on December 31. Thirty-eight percent (38%) will watch the ball drop at Times Square, 31% will watch football, and 17% will dance.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on December 27-28, 2024. 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 +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc.
Survey questions
When the New Year arrives at midnight on December 31, will you be awake?
- 59%-Yes
- 23%-No
- 19%-Not sure
Please let me know which of the following you will do at some point on December 31?
- 54%-Have dinner with family and friends
- 43%-Say a prayer
- 43%-Have a beer or alcoholic beverage
- 38%-Watch the ball drop at Times Square
- 31%-Watch football
- 17%-Dance
- 7%-None of the above
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