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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup.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 优蜜传媒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

• Gallup's party identification data by state shows that .
• Gallup's new daily measure of U.S. employment reveals the than the employed.
• Hawaii tops Utah for as the U.S. state with the .
• Gallup'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 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals that residents of the engage in fewer healthy behaviors and have worse physical health.
• As Greece struggles financially, 优蜜传媒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 .
• 优蜜传媒tracking shows across separate measures of employment, job creation, consumer spending, and economic confidence.
• The Gallup-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

• 优蜜传媒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.
• 优蜜传媒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 优蜜传媒history.
• Upper-income consumers show some , spending more in May than in any month since January 2009.
• Renewed positivity sends the .
• 优蜜传媒finds roughly if they had the chance.

 

July

• Congress ranks last in Gallup'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.
• 优蜜传媒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 Gallup'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 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals that ease.
• 优蜜传媒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.
• 优蜜传媒finds experiencing a decline in overall well-being and an increase in diagnoses of depression in the 15 weeks following the BP oil spill.
• Gallup'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 Gallup, in September.
• The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index documents that than those who are moderately religious or not religious.
• Gallup'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.
• Gallup's Job Creation Index finds .
• The Gallup-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, 优蜜传媒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 优蜜传媒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.
• 优蜜传媒global surveys reveal that a median of 31% of world citizens have at some point in the last year .

 

Stay with Gallup.com for more news and reactions to the news in 2011.

Survey Methods

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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.