The image above is of Pluto, and was taken this month. Recently, the YouGov Poll to do a survey of Americans about Pluto. The survey was done between April 16th and 20th of this year of a random national sample of 1,000 adults, and has a margin of error of 4.2 points.
I am an older person, and I grew up believing Pluto was a planet. I know that scientists have recently re-classified Pluto, and no longer consider it to be a planet -- but I have to admit I still think of it as a planet. And according to this survey, it looks like most Americans agree with me (see the charts below).
Note that 55% of the population still consider Pluto to be a planet. And when you break it down demographically, there is only one group where more consider it something else, and not a planet -- the young people between 18 and 29. Of course that means that someday most people will no longer consider it a planet, as this group grows older (and the rest of us die off). But that's going to take a while.
What do you think? Is Pluto a planet?
