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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·.com Year in Review

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·.com Year in Review

by Lymari Morales

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·.com reviews some of the most defining findings of 2010, spanning political, economic, well-being, and world news.

January

  • President Barack Obama begins his second year as president with of his job performance, having finished his first year with in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· history.
  • Following Republican Scott Brown's election to the U.S. Senate, 55% of American favor Congress' and considering other alternatives.
  • The vast majority of Americans think it will be at least two years before the U.S. .
  • Haitians' attitudes reveal in the wake of a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

February

  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·'s party identification data by state shows that .
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·'s new daily measure of U.S. employment reveals the than the employed.
  • Hawaii tops Utah for as the U.S. state with the .
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·'s worldwide research reveals that those with links to family or friends abroad are the .

March

  • President Obama's job approval rating falls to its t amid healthcare debate, but recovers to .
  • More Americans support than oppose Congress' .
  • A new high of 48% of Americans say they view the as generally exaggerated.
  • The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals that residents of the engage in fewer healthy behaviors and have worse physical health.
  • As Greece struggles financially, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· Eurobarometer surveys reveal that Greeks are the most likely in the EU to say they .

April

  • of Democrats in voters' 2010 election preferences for the first time.
  • Twenty-eight percent of Americans call themselves .
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· tracking shows across separate measures of employment, job creation, consumer spending, and economic confidence.
  • The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·-Healthways Well-Being Index finds among those who have also been diagnosed with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes.
  • More Americans favor than oppose .
  • Americans place a higher priority on for the first time.

 

May

  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· tracking finds the in job creation.
  • Americans' crosses the 50% threshold for the first time.
  • The 2009-2010 flu season closes with far below the previous year.
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· finds Colombians reporting more than those in most Latin American countries surveyed.

June

  • Americans name to the future well-being of the country.
  • U.S. voters say a candidate's stance on to their vote for Congress than what they can do locally, by the widest margin in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· history.
  • Upper-income consumers show some , spending more in May than in any month since January 2009.
  • Renewed positivity sends the .
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· finds roughly if they had the chance.

 

July

  • Congress ranks last in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·'s annual poll, with a record-low 11% saying they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence.
  • President Obama's job approval rating falls to .
  • The edges up slightly to a 25-year high.
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· finds across several regions of the globe.

 

August

  • on President Obama's job performance.
  • Elena Kagan is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, with , the lowest level of support for a recent successful nominee.
  • Republicans take an on °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·'s generic ballot for Congress.
  • Americans are evenly divided about whether the federal government should maintain a in the Gulf following the BP oil spill.
  • The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals that ease.
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· finds that the if all adults worldwide who wanted to migrate permanently moved where they would like.

September

  • Americans give as the midterm congressional elections approach.
  • The financial reform bill is passed by Congress in the past two years that a majority of Americans support.
  • Americans' to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly edges up to a record high.
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· finds experiencing a decline in overall well-being and an increase in diagnoses of depression in the 15 weeks following the BP oil spill.
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·'s global surveys reveal that .

October

  • The heading into the midterm elections looks more Republican than in the past.
  • "Too big," "confused," and "corrupt" are the words Americans most often use to .
  • Unemployment, as measured by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·, in September.
  • The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·-Healthways Well-Being Index documents that than those who are moderately religious or not religious.
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·'s global surveys document that worldwide, .

November

  • Americans express about voting in the midterm congressional elections in which .
  • for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·'s Job Creation Index finds .
  • The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·-Healthway Well-Being Index marks one million surveys, revealing an unprecedented level of detail about Americans' well-being and health.
  • As U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announces his desire to track his citizens' well-being, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· reveals that during recent years of economic turmoil.

December

  • As Congress debates a compromise deal to , 66% of Americans express support for each idea.
  • , the worst in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· history.
  • Americans name Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as the .
  • after Christmas following a crippling blizzard, while the West and South largely maintain at pre-Christmas levels.
  • A from their employer.
  • °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· global surveys reveal that a median of 31% of world citizens have at some point in the last year .

 

Stay with °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ·.com for more news and reactions to the news in 2011.

Survey Methods

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÖ· surveys 1,000 national adults, aged 18 and older, every day and also conducts additional surveys. In most cases, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±2 to ±4 percentage points. For detailed survey methods on any results reported here, please visit the original story.

Interviews are conducted with respondents on land-line telephones (for respondents with a land-line telephone) and cellular phones (for respondents who are cell-phone only).

In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.


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