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Poll result: Most Richmond News readers not celebrating Lunar New Year

Most readers have no interest in participating in this year's Lunar New Year celebrations
Valerie Leung
Valerie Leung
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Oranges and tangerines are fruits often eaten during Lunar New Year. Chattrawutt/Getty Images

Richmond News polled 304 Richmond News readers and asked the question: Do you plan to celebrate Lunar New Year?

The poll ran from 1/27/2022 to 1/31/2022. Of the 304 votes, we can determine that 82 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes, having a party at home 10.98 % local, 13.82 % total    
Yes, going out for a meal 9.76 % local, 7.24 % total    
Not sure 15.85 % local, 12.50 % total    
No 63.41 % local, 66.45 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Richmond News readers that are located in Vancouver. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 5.62%, 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.