Happiness is an emotion. It tends to last a few hours at most. But you can do things to bring it back daily - music, movies, exercise, patting a dog, joking with people, nice food. It won't just turn up by itself.
Happiness exists just like sadness does. But it only exists in your brain and body. It never comes from the outside world. It comes from your perception of the outside world. You have to create it everyday.
Diving scoring eliminates the two highest and two lowest. The best method takes 15 polls and eliminates the 13 worst based on 8 years of polling method errors. I calculated it down to the nearest 0.1.
According to the Census Bureau, these programs include Medicaid, food stamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP), housing assistance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).