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http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/02/california-americas-least-favorite-state/49002/

DINO GRANDONI 8,063 Views FEB 21, 2012

Today in questions you didn't ask but are damn well getting the answers to, a Public Policy Polling survey ranked the 50 U.S. states by popularity among voters nationwide. And while Hawaii placing No. 1 in this little popularity contest wasn't a shock, that the Golden State ranked last was.

Though a serious polling outfit, Public Policy Polling occasionally has some fun by asking oddball questions. These are the folks who, for example, told us that God only had a 52 percent approval rating. This time respondents have been asked, over the past four months, "Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the state of [ ]?" Responses for all 50 states, which we plotted in the chart above, were released today.

Some highlights: Topical Hawaii had the highest margin of favorability with 54 percent of voters saying they liked the state and only 10 percent disliking it (+44). It was followed by a distant second Colorado (+35), then Tennessee (+34) and South Dakota (+34), and then Virginia (+32). Voters only had a negative impression of five states: Utah (-3), Mississippi (-6), New Jersey (-7), Illinois (-10), and last and yes, least, California (-17).

"There's not really any sort of discernible pattern," Public Policy Polling's Dustin Ingalls told us over the phone. But he did posit a few explanations for some states. Illinois was unpopular with Republicans and was likely dragged down in its overall ranking by its association with Barack Obama. The president's birthplace seemed to be spared though: "Hawaii makes some sense since it's a popular vacation destination." Black voters disliked 10 of the 14 states PPP called Southern, accounting for Mississippi's low rank. (At Nos. 44 and 45, Deep South Alabama and Louisiana didn't fair too well, either.) And though Ingalls wouldn't say, we think the bad public perception of the Garden State can be explained here.

As for poor California? "A lot of Republicans really, really dislike California," Ingalls said. "They associate it with the liberal Hollywood elite." And probably gay marriage and reefer madness, we'll add. GOPers dinged America's largest state with only 12 percent for to 68 percent against. Illinois and Massachusetts went 15-44 and 19-47 among Republicans.

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"I want to take this opportunity to mention how thankful I am for an Obama re-election. The choice was clear. We cannot live in a country that treats homosexuals and women as second class citizens. Homosexuals deserve all of the rights and benefits of marriage that heterosexuals receive. Women deserve to be treated with respect and their salaries should not depend on their gender, but their quality of work. I am also thankful that the great, progressive state of California once again voted for the correct President. America is moving forward, and the direction is a positive one."

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Usui Takumi
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Thats okay, we still have enough to subsidize the other states.

Brother Hesekiel
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Good news, indeed. We freedom loving Kaliphornians are happy that Reptilians don't like it here. The less, the better.

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Good news, indeed. We freedom loving Kaliphornians are happy that Reptilians don't like it here. The less, the better.

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Good news, indeed. We freedom loving Kaliphornians are happy that Reptilians don't like it here. The less, the better.

Less Republicans + more illegals = less tax dollars.

Be careful of what you wish for.

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The weather is great - taxes are high .... & earthquake threat.

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The weather is great - taxes are high .... & earthquake threat.

you left out pelosi :hehe:

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Don't care if they like the place, or not. Just keep buying movies and drinking wine. We will make more.

Wine and movies is a solid foundation for any economy. :hehe:

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It is for the area I live in. Thank God for all those Mexicans willing to toil in the vineyards all day so that the rest of us can collect unemployment and get free government cheese. Wine and cheese, FTW!

How do those illegals do it? I mean low wages and still manage to pay their taxes.

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Bet California makes the top 5 of 90% of Americans "States I want to vacation in" list... whistling.gif

Let's see....

1. Texas (because we really are the fvcking big)

2. Washington

3. Oregon

4. Nevada

5. Colorado

6. Pennsylvania

7. Minnesota

8. Connecticut

9. Virginia

10. Florida

Nope... doesn't even make my top 10!

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