With just one weekend left until Christmas Day, nearly a third of adults (31%) still have not started their holiday shopping yet. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 29% have already finished.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Americans generally say “Merry Christmas” to greet people at this time of year, but 71% are not offended by others who say “Happy Holidays.”
With only two weeks left until Christmas, 33% of Americans nationwide still haven’t begun their holiday shopping yet. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 22% have already finished leaving nearly half somewhere in the middle.
In another measure of the country's troubled economy, two-out-of-three adults (66%) are cutting down on the number of people they are buying gifts for this year and concentrating on their families this holiday season.
When TV turns digital this February, only a quarter (25%) of adults say they are at least somewhat concerned about their reception following the transition. Just 11% are Very Concerned.
Holiday shoppers are feeling a little more generous now than a month ago despite the seemingly endless flow of economic bad news, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of U.S. voters say school children should say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning at school, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Christmas is just around the corner, and a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 68% of American adults prefer stores to show signs saying “Merry Christmas” rather than "Happy Holidays."
Today, Americans will express their gratitude for the good things they and others have in life. According to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, most adults (86%) say they have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, even in a time of historic economic uncertainty. Only seven percent (7%) say they do not.
With stores starting their Christmas sales in October and radio stations playing Christmas music before Thanksgiving, 72% of Americans say the joyous holiday season now comes too early.
With the country in the midst of an historic economic slowdown, over half of Americans (57%) say they are going out to eat less often now than they were six months ago, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
With consumer confidence at the lowest levels ever, shoppers are looking for the best prices this year. Wal-Mart has announced it will be lowering prices every week until Christmas, and a new Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 56% of adults will take advantage of the superstore’s lower prices this holiday season.
Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Americans have a favorable opinion of the U.S. military, and 45% regard Veterans Day as one of the nation’s most important holidays. The military’s favorability rating is up eight points from a Rasmussen Reports survey for Veterans Day a year ago.
The current economic problems have drastically reduced consumer spending, and holiday shopping is no exception. Most adults (66%) expect to spend less than last year on gifts this holiday season, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Americans believe it is at least somewhat likely that gasoline will drop below $2 per gallon before the end of the year, but nearly as many (33%) say it will cost over $4 a gallon by then, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens has been campaigning nearly as hard this year as John McCain and Barack Obama, but his cause is to lessen America’s dependence on foreign oil through wind, solar power and vehicles powered by natural gas.
Boo! Halloween is just around the corner, and not just children are dressing up for the “spook-takular” holiday.
Despite skyrocketing gas prices over the past year, just 37% of Americans say they are more likely now to buy an energy-efficient hybrid car than they were 12 months ago. Over half (52%) say they are not more likely to buy one.
A day after the sixth and final Nobel Prize winner was announced, a plurality of Americans (40%) believe politics plays a role in deciding who is honored.
Just over half of adults (52%) say they intend to receive a flu shot this year, up from 44% last year, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
