Zogby International has released its fourth annual New Year's Eve poll, a telephone survey of 2,000 Americans commissioned by the good folks who bring you New Year's Eve in NYC's Times Square. The headline on the poll is a result you probably didn't need to poll on: Americans are less optimistic this New Year's than they were a year ago.
But dig deeper into the poll for these nuggets:
- Two-thirds of all respondents said they will kiss a loved one at midnight but one in five said they will kiss no-one.
- More people will kiss a pet at midnight than kiss a person.
- 69% expect their kiss to last “a few seconds,” 11% expect it to last “a minute or two,” and 6% expect it to last “until the next morning.” (I hope those are not the people kissing their pets!)
- Apparently Democrats are more likely than Republicans to spend NY Eve with a pet than a friend. Poor old Democrats. If you know one, phone him or her up and invite them out with you on New Year's Eve.
- Respondents were asked: Would you rather spend New Year's Eve with Sarah Palin or Tina Fey? Results were pretty evenly split with 39 per cent on each side.
- When asked to name someone or something that they'd like to bid “good riddance” to with the passing of 2008, the most common answer was “George Bush”. Bush was mentioned twice as often as the number two “good riddance” item which was the 2008 U.S. election.
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