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Poll result: Richmond News readers divided on tipping servers

Most who answered the poll said they generally tip 15 per cent or decide based on the service
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Richmond News polled 756 Richmond News readers and asked the question: How much do you tip a server?

The poll ran from 2/27/2023 to 3/3/2023. Of the 756 votes, we can determine that 228 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

More than 20 % 4.39 % local, 3.17 % total    
20 % 13.16 % local, 11.38 % total    
18 % 8.77 % local, 9.26 % total    
15 % 29.39 % local, 28.17 % total    
10 % 10.96 % local, 13.76 % total    
Depends on the service 28.51 % local, 27.91 % total    
Don't tip 4.82 % local, 6.35 % 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 +/- 3.56%, 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.