Presidents’ Day can lay claim to being one of the nation’s oldest holidays, tracing its heritage all the way back to the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth century when people across the land celebrated the birthday of Revolutionary War Hero and the nation’s first President, George Washington.
A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 42% of adults are looking forward to Valentine’s Day while 18% are dreading it. Thirty-seven percent (37%) are neither dreading nor looking forward to February 14th.
Forty-eight percent (48%) of football fans got their wish on Sunday night when the New York Giants upset the undefeated New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found 67% of football fans believe Tom Brady and the New England Patriots will finish their perfect season with a Super Bowl ring this Sunday. Only 27% of fans think the Giants will break the Patriots’ win streak with a win, while 6% are not sure.
Seventy-five percent (75%) of American adults believe that the U.S. Auto Industry is at least somewhat likely to develop an automobile that runs on something other than gasoline in the next ten years.
Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Americans have a favorable opinion of Dr. Martin Luther King. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 15% offer an unfavorable opinion.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Americans say that Security is more important than privacy.
It’s been more than two months since the Hollywood Writers’ Strike began and the majority of Americans are still feeling no impact in their own lives.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that 49% of adults say it is not possible to succeed in business today without using the internet. Thirty-one percent (31%) disagreed.
In terms of their own personal life, most Americans (54%) say that 2007 was either a good year, an excellent year, or one of the best years ever in their life.
Ninety percent (90%) of American adults will celebrate Christmas in some form or another this holiday season.
Sixty-four percent (64%) of adults say this holiday season should focus more on the birth of Jesus.
Forty-two percent (42%) of American voters know that Vladimir Putin was selected as Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 14% thought Al Gore won the award, 9% thought someone else was selected, and 35% were not sure.
With less than one week left until Christmas, 69% of Americans say they’ve started their holiday shopping.
This holiday season as friends and family gather to celebrate, 25% of American adults say they will avoid political discussions like the plague.
Eighty-five percent (85%) of American adults believe that parents should have the right to spank their children.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…well, at least for a plurality of adults it is. According to the most recent Rasmussen Reports survey, 47% of Americans consider this holiday season joyous.
Eighty-three percent (83%) of Americans say they celebrate Christmas this year, while 3% say they celebrate Hanukkah and 3% will recognize the Winter Solstice. Last year 90% of Americans said they would celebrate Christmas.
By the end of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, 45% of American adults had started their holiday shopping. That’s up from 27% earlier in the month.
As the holiday season begins, 67% of American adults like stores to use the phrase “Merry Christmas” in their seasonal advertising rather than “Happy Holidays.”
