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Mini Poll: Thanks from City Hall

Current Totals:

All things considered, should St. Louis be thankful this Thanksgiving?

Yes:
 96%
No:
 4%

 

Overall, would you say your own family is better off today than you were five years ago?

Better off:
 54%
Not as well off:
 18%
About the same:
 28%

 

Which of the following conditions is currently worrying you the most?

Rising gasoline prices:
 20%
Longer hemlines:
 1%
Rising student tuition:
 5%
Rising healthcare costs:
 27%
Continuing costs of the war:
 48%

 

In which of the following circumstances do you see the greatest hope?

A new administration in Washington, DC:
 51%
The arrival of Rick Majerus at Saint Louis University:
 5%
The Van Halen reunion tour:
 5%
The announcement of a new addition for the St. Louis Art Museum:
 4%
The City's growing population:
 36%

 

Will (or did!) you have guests at your home for Thanksgiving this year?

Yes:
 34%
No:
 18%
No, I was someone else's guest:
 48%

 

Will turkey be (or was it!) part of your Thanksgiving meal this year?

Yes:
 89%
No:
 11%

 

Which of the following is the most important cooking tip for turkey?

Leave the lid on:
 14%
Take the lid off:
 10%
Baste it:
 48%
Smoke it:
 8%
Fry it:
 5%
Stuff it with a duck; stuff the duck with a chicken:
 4%
Skip it:
 11%

 

Is there a fire extinguisher in your kitchen?

Yes:
 57%
No:
 40%
I don't know (if you pick this, you might as well answer NO):
 3%
don't have a kitchen:
 0%

 

Which of the following things are you most likely to do with the leftovers from the Thanksgiving meal?

Store them, then eat most of them later:
 66%
Store them, then throw most of them away later:
 7%
Send most of them home with my guests:
 16%
Give most of them away to people who otherwise wouldn't have a meal:
 3%
There are never leftovers:
 8%

 

For which of the following circumstances should local sports fans be most thankful?

The St. Louis Cardinals will have a new GM and an old manager:
 10%
The St. Louis Blues are playing pretty good hockey again:
 35%
The Arch Rival Roller Girls are having a great second season:
 25%
The St. Louis region is on the short list for a major league soccer team:
 10%
The St. Louis Rams are nearing the end of a terrible season:
 20%

 

Which of the following outcomes would you find most satisfying?

I got the long end of the wishbone:
 45%
My loved one got the long end of the wishbone:
 55%

 

GUEST QUESTION:
Have you ever made a drawing of a turkey using an outline of your hand?

Yes:
 77%
No:
 23%

 

Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.


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