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Question #43·23 September 2026·revealed

Raw chicken: wash it before cooking or never?

58 people answered on 23 September 2026. 67% said Never wash it.

Wash it32.8%
Never wash it67.2%

Self-selected poll · 58 votes. Answer today’s question

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58
votes on this question
4
published country breakdowns
59%
of 44 predictors called the winner
22.2
avg split-guess miss, points

By country

Wash itNever wash it
Everywhere else 34
3268

By age

Wash itNever wash it
25 to 34 26
1981
Everywhere else 16
3169

By profession

Wash itNever wash it
Everywhere else 17
2477
Biggest gap: 25 to 34 put the winning answer at 80.8%, against 67.2% of all participants.

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In a wisehumans poll of 58 voters (23 September 2026), 67% chose "Never wash it". Source: wisehumans.org/q/raw-chicken-wash-it-before-cooking-or-never

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How this poll works

Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.