WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Â鶹´«Ã½AV.com reviews some of the most defining findings of 2010, spanning political, economic, well-being, and world news.
January
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President Barack Obama begins his second year as president with of his job performance, having finished his first year with in Â鶹´«Ã½AV history.
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Following Republican Scott Brown's election to the U.S. Senate, 55% of American favor Congress' and considering other alternatives.
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The vast majority of Americans think it will be at least two years before the U.S. .
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Haitians' attitudes reveal in the wake of a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
February
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV's party identification data by state shows that .
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV's new daily measure of U.S. employment reveals the than the employed.
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Hawaii tops Utah for as the U.S. state with the .
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV's worldwide research reveals that those with links to family or friends abroad are the .
March
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President Obama's job approval rating falls to its t amid healthcare debate, but recovers to .
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More Americans support than oppose Congress' .
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A new high of 48% of Americans say they view the as generally exaggerated.
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The Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals that residents of the engage in fewer healthy behaviors and have worse physical health.
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As Greece struggles financially, Â鶹´«Ã½AV Eurobarometer surveys reveal that Greeks are the most likely in the EU to say they .
April
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of Democrats in voters' 2010 election preferences for the first time.
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Twenty-eight percent of Americans call themselves .
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV tracking shows across separate measures of employment, job creation, consumer spending, and economic confidence.
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The Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Healthways Well-Being Index finds among those who have also been diagnosed with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes.
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More Americans favor than oppose .
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Americans place a higher priority on for the first time.
May
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV tracking finds the in job creation.
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Americans' crosses the 50% threshold for the first time.
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The 2009-2010 flu season closes with far below the previous year.
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds Colombians reporting more than those in most Latin American countries surveyed.
June
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Americans name to the future well-being of the country.
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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 Â鶹´«Ã½AV history.
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Upper-income consumers show some , spending more in May than in any month since January 2009.
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Renewed positivity sends the .
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds roughly if they had the chance.
July
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Congress ranks last in Â鶹´«Ã½AV's annual poll, with a record-low 11% saying they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence.
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President Obama's job approval rating falls to .
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The edges up slightly to a 25-year high.
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds across several regions of the globe.
August
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on President Obama's job performance.
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Elena Kagan is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, with , the lowest level of support for a recent successful nominee.
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Republicans take an on Â鶹´«Ã½AV's generic ballot for Congress.
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Americans are evenly divided about whether the federal government should maintain a in the Gulf following the BP oil spill.
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The Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals that ease.
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds that the if all adults worldwide who wanted to migrate permanently moved where they would like.
September
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Americans give as the midterm congressional elections approach.
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The financial reform bill is passed by Congress in the past two years that a majority of Americans support.
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Americans' to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly edges up to a record high.
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds experiencing a decline in overall well-being and an increase in diagnoses of depression in the 15 weeks following the BP oil spill.
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV's global surveys reveal that .
October
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The heading into the midterm elections looks more Republican than in the past.
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"Too big," "confused," and "corrupt" are the words Americans most often use to .
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Unemployment, as measured by Â鶹´«Ã½AV, in September.
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The Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Healthways Well-Being Index documents that than those who are moderately religious or not religious.
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV's global surveys document that worldwide, .
November
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Americans express about voting in the midterm congressional elections in which .
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for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV's Job Creation Index finds .
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The Â鶹´«Ã½AV-Healthway Well-Being Index marks one million surveys, revealing an unprecedented level of detail about Americans' well-being and health.
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As U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announces his desire to track his citizens' well-being, Â鶹´«Ã½AV reveals that during recent years of economic turmoil.
December
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As Congress debates a compromise deal to , 66% of Americans express support for each idea.
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, the worst in Â鶹´«Ã½AV history.
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Americans name Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as the .
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after Christmas following a crippling blizzard, while the West and South largely maintain at pre-Christmas levels.
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A from their employer.
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Â鶹´«Ã½AV global surveys reveal that a median of 31% of world citizens have at some point in the last year .
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