[Craig]

AS ROUGHLY ONE-MILLION PEOPLE PLAN TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR BY REVELLING IN NEW YORK’S TIMES SQUARE, NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF AMERICANS PLAN TO STAY HOME, TO END 2024. THAT’S ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
THE POLL ASKED AMERICAN ADULTS “ HOW DO YOU PLAN TO SPEND NEW YEAR’S EVE ?”
IT FOUND THAT 72% PLAN TO CELEBRATE AT HOME. 21% WILL GO TO A RELATIVE OR FRIEND’S HOME AND JUST 6%, OVERALL, INTEND TO GO OUT TO A BAR, RESTAURANT OR OTHER ORGANIZED PARTY.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE **GOING OUT** DOUBLES TO ABOUT 13 % FOR THE AGE GROUP 18-TO-29.
PEOPLE 60-AND-OLDER ARE LEAST LIKELY, JUST 2%.
ARE YOU A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION TYPE PERSON? 57% OF RESPONDENTS SAY YES THEY ARE, AND ARE PLANNING TO MAKE AT LEAST ONE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION.
THE TOP FIVE RESOLUTIONS, TO START 2025, ARE EATING HEALTHIER, EXERCISING MORE, SETTING FINANCIAL OR MONETARY GOALS, LOSING WEIGHT AND TAKING CARE OF ONE’S MENTAL HEALTH.
THE SAME POLL FOUND A PARTISAN DIVIDE WHEN IT COMES TO OPTIMISM ABOUT 2025 WITH 69% OF REPUBLICANS BELIEVING THE NEXT YEAR WILL BE BETTER FOR THEM PERSONALLY, COMPARED TO JUST 19% FOR DEMOCRATS.
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