All things considered, should St. Louisans be thankful this Thanksgiving, or not?
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Overall, would you say your own family is better off today than you were a year ago?
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Better off:
24%
Not as well off:
37%
About the same:
39%
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Which of the following conditions is currently worrying you and your family the most?
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Grocery prices:
5%
Utility bills:
5%
Financial bailouts for fat cats:
24%
Trouble at the job:
11%
Trouble in the neighborhood:
5%
Selling the house:
5%
Buying a house:
1%
Educating the kids:
9%
Paying for healthcare:
15%
Recurring nightmares about "Dancing With The Stars":
2%
Something else:
19%
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In which of the following circumstances do you see the greatest hope?
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The new administration in Washington, DC:
63%
The new administration in Jefferson City:
3%
The coaching of Saint Louis University's Rick Majerus:
2%
The early and on-budget completion of the western stretch of Highway 40/I-64:
11%
The first Guns N' Roses album released in 14 years:
1%
The recent decline in gas prices:
19%
Off-season trades by the St. Louis Cardinals:
1%
Publication of J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard:
1%
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Will (or did) you have guests at your home for Thanksgiving this year?
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Yes:
36%
No:
20%
No, I was someone else's guest:
45%
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Will you (or did you) share a Thanksgiving meal primarily with friends or family?
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Friends:
17%
Family:
79%
I didn't eat a Thanksgiving meal/I ate alone:
4%
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Will turkey be (or was it) part of your Thanksgiving meal this year?
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Which of the following Thanksgiving traditions is the one which your family most values?
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Breaking the wishbone:
3%
Announcing things for which we're thankful:
30%
Wearing loose fitting clothes and eating too much:
34%
Looking at the ads for Black Friday sales:
5%
Donating time or groceries to a food pantry or shelter:
6%
Watching or playing football:
14%
Going out to the movies:
4%
Watching or attending parades:
5%
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Which of the following is the most important cooking tip for turkey?
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Leave the lid on:
18%
Take the lid off:
8%
Baste it:
46%
Smoke it:
11%
Fry it:
3%
Stuff it with a duck; stuff the duck with a chicken:
2%
Divorce it:
2%
Skip it:
10%
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Are the smoke alarms working in your house?
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Yes:
85%
No:
5%
I'd better go check:
10%
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Which of the following things are you most likely to do with the leftovers from the Thanksgiving meal?
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Store them, then eat most of them later:
64%
Store them, then throw most of them away later:
8%
Send most of them home with my guests:
18%
Give most of them away to people who otherwise wouldn't have a meal:
2%
There are never leftovers:
7%
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Which of the following outcomes would you find most satisfying?
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I got the long end of the wishbone, giving me the wish:
32%
My loved one got the long end of the wishbone:
68%
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Do you think turkeys are Democrats or Republicans?
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Democrats:
30%
Republicans:
16%
They were mostly Republican until they saw that YouTube clip of Gov. Palin pardoning the Alaskan turkey while turkeys were being slaughtered behind her:
54%
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Which group of turkeys least deserves a mayoral pardon this Thanksgiving?
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My loud neighbors:
2%
My crazy kids/parents:
2%
The people who send out that "Most Dangerous City" press release every year:
18%
TV weathermen who are wrong more often than not:
7%
The St. Louis Rams this season:
29%
Any boss who sends a layoff notice between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day:
30%
Whoever decided to start charging subscription prices for the Suburban Journal:
12%
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