Overshadowed by the bungled debut of Obamacare and congressional gridlock, most Americans in a new poll dubbed 2013 a bad year that will be quickly forgotten. For more than four-in-10, the perils of 2013 hit home hard.

"Put simply, most Americans are happy to see 2013 go," said the latest Economist/YouGov Poll.

- 54 percent called 2013 a "bad year" for the world. Another 15 percent called it a "very bad year," with just 3 percent calling it a "very good year" and 29 percent a "good year."
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- Only 13 percent of Republicans say 2013 has been a good year for the world.

- Obamacare is a failure. "There are almost no issues where a majority of Americans have seen improvement. Only a quarter say health care coverage is better today than it was a year ago; more than half say it has gotten worse, reflecting the continued poor assessments given to the Administration's health care reform (in this week's Economist/YouGov poll, for example, a majority continues to call it a failure, and nearly half think it should be repealed)."

- 41 percent called 2013 a bad or very bad year for their families.
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Full results can be found here.

No one knows Washington secrets like Paul Bedard. This longtime D.C. reporter joined the Washington Examiner in early 2012 after penning U.S. News & World Report's premiere political column, "Washington Whispers," for more than a decade. In addition to his Washington Secrets column, check out two of his signature features, the weekly Zogby's Obama Report Card and the Mainstream Media Scream.