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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for January 1, 2025
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
January 1, 2025: Thirty-nine percent (39%) of voters will make New Year’s resolutions. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found 47% will not.
The survey found that 16% will resolve to get healthier. Eight percent (8%) will resolve to make or save more money, 3% to generally become better, 2% to enjoy life more, and 1% to work on relationships. Another 61% were not asked because they were not planning to make any resolutions.
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
Will you make any New Year’s resolutions?
- 39% Yes
- 47% No
- 13% Not sure
In just a few words, what will you resolve?
- 61%-Not asked, did not say yes
- 16%-Get healthier
- 8%-Make or save more money
- 3%-Become better
- 2%-Enjoy life more
- 1%-Work on relationships
- 4%-Other
- 3%-No answer
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
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