Most in new poll trying to avoid political talk at Thanksgiving

The majority of Americans will steer away from discussing politics during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday, according to a survey released on Tuesday. 

In the new poll, done by CBS News/YouGov, around 71 percent of Americans said they will try to avoid discussing politics on Thanksgiving. On the flip side, 29 percent of respondents stated they will try to talk about it. 

Following President-elect Trump’s win in the 2024 presidential election versus Vice President Harris, Trump supporters are slightly more adamant, 38 percent, about venturing into the topic during the feast than those who backed Harris, 28 percent. But for the most part, both sides are looking to avoid it. 

Americans said they are the most grateful for family and friends, 79 percent. Seventy-one percent said they were most grateful for health while freedom ranked third at 58 percent, according to the poll. 

Faith and peace were tied at 49 percent while politics came in dead-last at 16 percent.

Only one in 10 respondents, 10 percent, said they switched their Thanksgiving plans to avoid crossing paths with people who voted for a different White House contender than themselves. 

This year, Thanksgiving dinner costs have dropped for the second year in a row, according to a poll released last week, with a classic holiday meal for 10 people costing 5 percent less than in 2023. 

The new poll found that Trump voters will mostly be accompanied by the president-elect backers at the dinner table. The same goes for Harris’s supporters. Some 31 percent of Trump’s supporters said they would visit both people who voted for their candidate and those who backed Harris in the general election. 

The CBS News/YouGov poll was conducted from Nov. 19 to Nov. 22 among 2,232 U.S. adults. The margin of error was 2.3 percentage points.