Mini Poll: Halloween In St. Louis
Current Totals:
What are your plans for Halloween?
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Stay at home and pass out candy:
42%
Escort the kids (or grandkids/nieces/godchildren) for trick-or-treating:
11%
Attend a Halloween party:
18%
Turn out the lights and pretend not to be at home:
12%
Last minute canvass for the candidate/issue of my choice:
3%
No plans:
15%
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If you were dressing up for Halloween, what style costume would (or will!) you wear?
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Something traditional, like a pirate or a cat:
36%
Something trendy, like an Avatar or Twilight costume:
7%
Something imaginative, like the Red Water Tower or an iPad:
14%
Something tasty, like a chicken leg or a grilled cheese sandwich:
3%
Something already in my closet, like a bridesmaid dress or sports gear:
31%
Something anti-social, like a mascot costume with a big fur head:
5%
Something complicated, like a two-person horse:
4%
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How many trick-or-treaters do you expect at your door this Halloween?
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Fewer than 10:
40%
11-25:
23%
26-50:
18%
More than 50:
19%
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If you have kids, on what night will your kids do most of their trick-or-treating?
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Friday:
1%
Saturday:
7%
Sunday:
68%
No trick-or-treating:
24%
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Will you go to a haunted house this year?
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Yes:
6%
No:
84%
No, not unless you mean my in-laws’:
11%
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Do you support the St. Louis tradition that trick-or-treaters should arrive with a Halloween joke or riddle?
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Yes:
75%
No:
17%
No, but what happens with a ghost with a ghost who gets lost in the fog? He is mist.:
8%
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At what age does trick-or-treating become “unseemly begging in a sheet”?
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10:
2%
12:
25%
15:
52%
20:
9%
31:
1%
Never too old to trick-or-treat:
11%
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Should lessons about Halloween be part of the curriculum at public schools?
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Yes:
33%
No:
30%
No, and fire the guy who wrote that question.:
37%
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Which of the following is the scariest movie?
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Psycho (1960):
23%
Night of the Living Dead (1968):
3%
The Exorcist (1973):
29%
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974):
7%
Halloween (1978):
4%
Alien (1979):
7%
The Shining (1980):
18%
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984):
5%
Paranormal Activity (2007):
3%
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If St. Louis dressed up for Halloween, what character would we be?
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Chicago. We already have neighborhoods to wear:
13%
Paris. We already have plenty of fleur de lis and Frenchy street names:
32%
New Orleans. We already have plenty of Mardi Gras beads:
36%
Los Angeles. We already have the Rams costume:
4%
Sarajevo. We already have plenty of cevapi and burek:
4%
Kansas City. Oops, too scary!!:
11%
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Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.
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