WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Â鶹´«Ã½AV.com reviews some of the top findings of 2012, spanning political, economic, well-being, and world news.
January
- The battle for the GOP presidential nomination is , with the lead in Â鶹´«Ã½AV polling changing seven times since May.
- Residents in the EU's most troubled economies give their leaders some of the lowest .
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds financially that their life will improve as a result of former President Hosni Mubarak's resignation.
- Americans' economic confidence improves to a , largely driven by the increasing belief that the economy is getting better.
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds than in any year since Â鶹´«Ã½AV and Healthways started tracking it in 2008.
February
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV reports that more U.S. states were either , compared with 2010.
- North Dakota has the , based on employee reports of hiring and firing at their place of work.
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds that, unlike disengaged workers, workers who are engaged in their jobs .
- d significantly in several Arab Spring countries.
- Young Qataris are more likely than their peers in the GCC to say they .
March
- going in the country improves to a 10-month high.
- in the GOP nomination race to lead Rick Santorum by double digits.
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV data links in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Americans are closely split about whether should take priority.
- Residents of Provo-Orem, Utah, are the most likely among 190 metro areas nationwide to say their .
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds that , especially on Sundays.
April
- The percentage of at roughly 24%, after declining since the U.S. healthcare law provision allowing adults up to age 26 to stay on their parents' plans took effect in September.
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV economic indicators signal .
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV reveals that 24% of adults worldwide were , while 13% were .
- A new study by Â鶹´«Ã½AV and the World Bank reveals that 50% of adults worldwide report having a .
- A record-low 62% of Americans say they
May
- Two years after the major BP oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico, continue to suffer from lower overall emotional health.
- Americans are more closely divided than ever over .
- One in three are underemployed.
- Registered voters are nearly twice as likely to say Barack Obama, rather than Mitt Romney, is the of the two presidential candidates.
- As Egyptians prepare to vote in their first presidential election since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, .
June
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV research reveals that people living in Iraq are the most likely worldwide to experience a lot of on a daily basis.
- Americans' falls to a record-low 21%.
- Americans' falls to a new low of 29%.
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds that sub-Saharan Africans with a secondary education are .
- Six percent of Americans name as the U.S. Supreme Court rules to uphold the Affordable Care Act.
July
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds that , despite significant gender gaps in , , and .
- In Spain, to a new low.
- U.S. President Barack for the third straight quarter.
- Americans are, for the first time, much more likely to see than cigarettes.
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds that as they do on weekends.
August
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds that have almost fully rebounded to pre-recession levels in all regions, except for Europe.
- In 15 U.S. states, at least one in five adults say they at least once during the past 12 months.
- Nearly half of U.S. adults doubt or are unsure that .
- As the 2012 presidential conventions get underway, Â鶹´«Ã½AV reports that the tends to win.
- A Â鶹´«Ã½AV analysis finds that Utah is poised to be the .
September
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV's new reveals that 27% of the world's adults were employed full time for an employer in 2011.
- Many key economic and mood indicators are when President Barack Obama first took office.
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds a , starting on opening night of the Democratic National Convention.
- As anti-U.S. protests sweep across the Middle East, Â鶹´«Ã½AV reveals that .
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds the majority of American adults say they are not able to throughout the day.
October
- Mitt Romney in the presidential race among registered voters after a historic win in the first debate.
- Americans' improves to the highest level since late May.
- Mitt Romney holds a slight edge over Barack Obama in , while preferences tilt in Obama's favor among registered voters. A majority of Americans .
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds that Americans who .
- The inaugural results of a new Â鶹´«Ã½AV question find that .
November
- Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are within one percentage point of each other in Â鶹´«Ã½AV's . Democrats edge out Republicans, 49% to 48%, in , suggesting Republicans will hold the House of Representatives.
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds that to report experiencing emotions of any kind on a daily basis.
- The , with more than nine in 10 residents in Greece, Italy, Ireland, and Spain saying it is a bad time to find a job.
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds that are less likely than other workers to report having ever been diagnosed with chronic health problems.
- U.S. consumers' are roughly the same as in 2011.
December
- Nearly two-thirds of Americans want federal government leaders by the Jan. 1 deadline.
- U.S. to the lowest level since the recession.
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV's more than 1 million surveys worldwide reveal that a country's are strongly relate to GDP and to each other.
- Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds that Latin Americans are the , with their region being home to eight of the top 10 countries for positive emotions worldwide.
- President Barack the highest level since 2009.
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