WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup.com provides a retrospective of 2011, summarizing some of the top findings of the year.
January
- The majority of Americans begin the new year with .
- A median of in their communities, compared with 24% of Americans.
- With the GOP Republican field undetermined, of the potential contenders.
- Gallup's new global employment metrics reveal that 19% worldwide were underemployed in 2009 and 2010, while .
February
- 优蜜传媒reveals that a , even as GDP in those countries increased.
- , with 41% of Americans saying the economy is getting better.
- After Egyptians toppled the regime of longtime president Hosni Mubarak, , and 44% don't.
- With a government shutdown looming, on the federal budget than to stick to their principles and not strike a deal.
- Gallup-Healthways tracking finds .
March
- 优蜜传媒finds median remained largely unchanged in 2010 after surging in 2009.
- A new low 44.6% of Americans report getting their .
- Boulder, Colo.; Lincoln, Neb., .
- Gallup's global research reveals that .
- , 46% in the U.S. say the nation's new healthcare law is a good thing, while 44% say it is a bad thing.
- 优蜜传媒reports that actively disengaged workers .
April
- 优蜜传媒documents a , largely erasing its job creation advantage over state and local governments.
- Gallup-Healthways tracking of U.S. health insurance coverage reveals that .
- Gallup's global employment tracking reveals that .
- Gallup's global research reveals that .
May
- Americans greatly praise the U.S. mission that killed Osama Bin Laden,
- in his job approval rating, following the bin Laden assassination.
- 优蜜传媒reveals that 47% of Pakistanis in 2010 .
- Newt Gingrich officially announces his presidential candidacy with .
- Marking a new two-year high, .
- For the first time in 优蜜传媒history, .
June
- 优蜜传媒finds following the revolution in their country.
- A strong majority of Americans .
- Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann enters the Republican race tied with Herman Cain for the .
- Americans .
- 优蜜传媒finds that more than Americans who are less educated.
- 优蜜传媒finds that than U.S. nongovernment workers.
July
- since March 2009 as U.S. lawmakers debate whether or not to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.
- The majority of Republicans .
- Gallup-Healthways research reveals that $25.2 billion in lost U.S. worker productivity each year.
- 优蜜传媒finds that the world's roughly 630 million .
- For the first time in 优蜜传媒history, .
August
- More Americans
- following debt ceiling debate and downgrade of the U.S. credit rating.
- Shortly after announcing his official candidacy for the Republican nomination, Texas Gov. for their party's 2012 presidential nomination.
- the lowest level since December 2008.
- , nearing the high seen in 2009.
- 优蜜传媒finds that .
September
- Ten years into the war on terror, .
- Americans express .
- , with 80% saying it is getting worse.
- Three years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, .
- since July 2009.
- since the new healthcare law began allowing young adults to stay on their parents' plans up to age 26.
- , to 25%.
October
- Gallup's worldwide research reveals that when more people are employed full-time with employers.
- Gallup's employment tracking reveals that .
- to get by on their current income.
- Most Americans say they do not know enough about the .
- 优蜜传媒tracking of Americans' weight reveals a decline in the percentage of Americans who are overweight or obese, so that .
- to historic lows.
- A record-high 50% of Americans say , up from 46% last year.
- President Obama averages a new low in office, ranking very low historically.
November
- Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are .
- The percentage of .
- in Republicans' positive intensity.
- are higher than in previous years.
- A majority of Americans for failing to reach an agreement.
December
- Greeks are the , with just 2% saying their local economy is getting better.
- , easily dwarfing concerns about big business and big labor.
- 优蜜传媒finds that .
- The majority of Republicans .
- , following the same "rainbow" pattern as several previous Republican front-runners.
- Congress ends 2011 with .
- during the month leading up to Christmas compared with a year ago.
Stay with Gallup.com for more news and reactions to the news in 2012.
Survey Methods
优蜜传媒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 卤2 to 卤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.
