1-In-3 Adults Will Avoid Political Discussions During Holidays

Money Religion & Family Gossip are more popular says Reuters-Ipsos Poll Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C.  31 of adults will be intentionally avoiding political conversations when they see family and friends over the Thanksgiving & December Holidays according to a Reuters-Ipsos Opinion Poll released Friday. According to the poll Americans appear to be more interested in talking about religion or even their personal finances with cousins and in-laws than they are in discussing hot-button issues such as the Republican-proposed Tax Cuts Obamacares increasing prices or the sexual scandals of Sen. Al Franken or Harvey Weinstein. Yes Americans will sit down this week for what has become a holiday tradition in the United States: tiptoeing through a turkey dinner without mentioning the president. But respondents have learned to bite their tongues evidently after years of dinnertime squabbles over the nations first black president Barack Obama and then his successor Donald Trump.

• 48 do not typically engage in political conversations" at all with family & friends over the holidays or during holiday gatherings
• 21 will engage in political conversations with others even if we disagree on issues"
• Trump voters were just as interested in shifting away from political conversations as voters who supported Clinton
• Women were more likely than men to avoid politics and
• Baby Boomers were more likely than Millennials to avoid the topic

The Nov. 8-13 poll found that a majority of Americans consider politics to be among their least favorite" topics to discuss over the holidays.

• 62 said politics was one of their least favorite" conversation topics over holiday meals and gatherings
• 41 said topics about Money & Finance were among their least favorite subjects while
• 37 picked Religion and
• 25 chose Family Gossip

If you bring up Trump or something youll get a look from the other side of the table. Its like: hup lets change the subject" said Adrianne Beal 77 a Trump supporter from Bolingbrook Illinois.

Beal said her family learned this new holiday etiquette after a particularly stressful Thanksgiving in 2008. Obama had just been elected to his first term and Beals niece called her a bigot for not supporting him. Well that was the end of that I decided Im not going to talk politics anymore. Im not those things they call me" Beal said.

Ora Wilhite 37 who voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton in last years presidential election said he called his older brother a Trump supporter to get politics out of the way" before they meet next week at their familys Thanksgiving in Frankfort Indiana. We can keep it civil when its just us. Im not sure if the rest of the family can" Wilhite said.

• The Reuters-Ipsos Poll was conducted online throughout the United States. It gathered responses from 1595 adults and has a credibility interval a measure of accuracy of 3 percentage points.