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Mini Poll: Vacation: Go or Stay? |
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Do you plan to take a vacation this summer? | |
Yes:
63%
Yes, but it will be a staycation:
10%
No:
27%
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Which of the following is the best time for you to get away? | |
Spring break:
4%
Summer:
47%
Off-season:
49%
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Will you use up all your work vacation days this year? | |
Yes:
26%
Probably not:
43%
I don't get vacation days at work:
13%
I am not working:
18%
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How do you plan to travel to your summer vacation destination? | |
Car:
32%
Plane:
39%
Bicycle:
0%
Train:
3%
Something else:
1%
Staycation:
8%
No vacay for me this summer:
18%
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Compared to your last vacation, do you plan to spend more money or less money on your summer vacation? | |
More money:
16%
Less money:
33%
About the same:
33%
No vacay for me this summer:
18%
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Does planning for your summer vacation include consideration of promotional discounts, loyalty rewards, or frequent flyer miles? | |
Yes:
46%
No:
54%
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Which of the following factors is the most important one in where you choose a summer vacation? | |
Cost of the destination:
10%
Cost of the travel to get to the destination:
11%
Availability of a place to stay at the destination:
16%
Schedules of my family, friends to go with me:
25%
Weather at the destination:
7%
Nostalgia. It is where we always go:
7%
Something else:
24%
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Which purely theoretical change would most improve your summer vacation? | |
No children along:
8%
No spouse along:
6%
No in-laws along:
4%
No cell phone along:
41%
No diet while away:
41%
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When you are away on vacation and you run in to other people from St. Louis, are you glad, disappointed, or generally indifferent? | |
Glad:
53%
Disappointed:
4%
Generally indifferent:
43%
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When people you meet on vacation ask you where you are from, do you most usually name your city, your state, or your region? | |
City, like St. Louis:
84%
State, like Missouri:
13%
Region, like the Midwest:
1%
None of those. I tell a lie, perhaps with an assumed accent:
1%
None of those. I mention my neighborhood, like Soulard:
2%
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Are you ready for swimsuit season? | |
Yes:
54%
No:
26%
I never wear swimsuits:
20%
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In which summer movie would you most like to vacation? | |
Dirty Dancing:
17%
National Lampoon's Vacation:
25%
Meatballs:
4%
On Golden Pond:
23%
Thelma & Louise:
6%
Jaws:
7%
The Endless Summer:
18%
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BONUS QUESTION: | |
Todd Akin:
32%
John Brunner:
15%
Sarah Steelman:
53%
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Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.
