Renee Silverman

A scene in Venice.

It turns out the left-most state is also America's most-hated, according to a recent survey by Public Policy Polling. And California's left-leaning politics seem to have a lot to do with it.

The Golden State is the most-disliked in the union, and Hawaii is the most-liked. In fact, ours was one of only five states that received majority-negative views by our fellow Americans, according to PPP:

California drivers named talking on cellphones one of the "biggest safety problems" they face on the road today.

That's according to the second-annual Statewide Traffic Safety Survey by the California Office of Traffic Safety (there's a California Office of Traffic Safety?).

Seattle Municipal Archives via Flickr

According to the results, only 56 percent of those surveyed view print news as a valuable source of information. This was down from 60 percent when the survey was conducted in 2008. More people relied on the internet (78 percent) and television (68 percent) as their main news source.