Will 2010 be better than 2009? Most Americans think so, according to the latest AP-GfK poll. With this year in the books, we are in the camp that 2010 will be better than 2009 for Dearborn and our country as a whole.

Here is what Americans had to say about 2010, according to The AP-GfK Poll, which was conducted Dec. 10-14 by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Media and involved landline and cell phone interviews of 1,001 adults nationwide. It has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.

- 39% rated 2009 as a good year.

- 42% rated 2009 as very bad.

- 72% said they’re optimistic about what 2010 will bring for the country.

- 66% said, however, they think family finances will worsen or stay the same next year.

- 31% think the situation in Afghanistan will get better.

- 31% think the situation in Iraq will get better.

- 67% say both wars will stay about the same or get worse

You can read the full results of the poll here.

Happy New Year!