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California is America's Most-Hated State, According to Public Policy Polling

By Dennis Romero Fri., Feb. 24 2012 at 6:09 AM

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Renee Silverman

A scene in Venice.

Don't hate us because we're beautiful. Or do.

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:

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Texting, Talking While Driving Your Biggest Peeves on The Road, Says California Survey

By Dennis Romero Fri., Dec. 2 2011 at 1:27 PM

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That idiot with the cellphone to his ear slowly cutting across three lanes of traffic to make the turn he missed? Turns out you hate him as much as we do.

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?).

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USC Annenberg Study Finds Print News Is Still Dying

By Steve La Thu., Jul. 29 2010 at 5:36 PM

Categories: Media, Survey

Seattle Municipal Archives via Flickr

A study recently released by the Center for Digital Future at USC's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism found that internet users continue to rely less on print media as a primary source of information.

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.