Poll Results: Thanksgiving Shopping

November 25, 2015, 3:41 PM GMT+0

These are the topline results of a YouGov/Huffington Post survey of 1000 US adults interviewed November 23-25, 2015 on Thanksgiving shopping. The margin of error is 4.4%.

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This year, do you plan to go shopping at any of these times? Select all that apply.
During the day on Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3%
After dinner on Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6%
On the Friday after Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16%
During the weekend after Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52%

In the past five years, have you ever gone shopping at any of these times? Select all that apply.
During the day on Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5%
After dinner on Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13%
On the Friday after Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33%
During the weekend after Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31%

This year, will you or anyone in your family be working on Thanksgiving Day?
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%
No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%

Which comes closer to your opinion?
Retailers should keep stores open on Thanksgiving Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
Retailers should close stores for Thanksgiving Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%

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