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Poll result: More than half of Richmond News readers have no Lunar New Year plans

Almost 54 per cent who answered the poll question will not be celebrating the upcoming Asian holiday
Aberdeen Centre Lunar New Year
A Lunar New Year display at Aberdeen Centre in Richmond.

The Lunar New Year is just around the corner and the Richmond News has been publishing stories about the Year of the Rabbit.

Richmond News polled 477 Richmond News readers and asked the question: Do you celebrate Lunar New Year?

The poll ran from 1/12/2023 to 1/19/2023. Of the 477 votes, we can determine that 139 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes, full celebration 12.95 % local, 13.63 % total    
A little 20.86 % local, 20.34 % total    
Not really 15.11 % local, 12.16 % total    
No 51.08 % local, 53.88 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Richmond News readers that are located in Richmond. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.48%, 19 times out of 20.

Richmond News uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.