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Republicans and Democrats have increasingly different views on many policy and social issues, but on several, the party gap has not changed or has even narrowed.

While Gallup.com brought you hundreds of unique health and well-being findings in 2010, we at Thrive want to jump on the end-of-year wrap-up story bandwagon and give you our insights on five of this year's biggest health news stories.

Explore trends in the makeup of the Democratic Party, plus what the rising liberal faction and shrinking moderate and conservative factions stand for.

Read about President Barack Obama's declining job approval, Americans' growing support for legalizing marijuana, Georgians' political views before the presidential election, and more in this week's review.

A majority of Americans now say the government should not favor any set of values, while 44% believe it should promote traditional values. This marks a shift from 1993-2004, when a majority advocated promoting traditional values.

Reflecting a gradual shift since the 1990s, more Americans now say government should not favor any set of values (51%) than say it should promote traditional values (43%). In most recent years, Americans have been divided on this.

Six in 10 Republicans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. -- the highest level since President Donald Trump's election. This is twice as high as the national average of 29%.

Americans are divided in their views of the morality of changing one's gender, with 51% saying it is morally wrong and 46% saying it is morally acceptable.

Two in three Americans describe the problem of illegal drugs as extremely or very serious in the U.S., down from 83% in 2000 and 73% in 2007.

For the first time, as many Americans say their views on social issues are liberal as say they are conservative. Americans continue to be more likely to say they are economically conservative rather than liberal.