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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Don't know if this has been posted:
According to the Economist, of the top ten US states in terms of average IQ, all but one voted for Gore in the last election. On the other hand, all of the bottom ten voted for Bush.
1. Connecticut (avg IQ: 113): Gore
2. Mass (111): Gore
New Jersey (111): Gore
4. New York (109): Gore
5. R.I. (107): Gore
6. Hawaii (106): Gore
7. Maryland (105): Gore
New Hampshire (105): Bush
9. Illinois (104): Gore
10. Delaware (103): Gore
40. Alabama (90): Bush
Louisiana (90): Bush
Montana (90): Bush
Oklahoma (90): Bush
S. Dakota (90): Bush
46. S. Carolina (89): Bush
Wyoming (89): Bush
48. Idaho (87): Bush
Utah (87): Bush
50. Mississippi (85): Bush
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What they should measure is the average IQ of the average Bush voter vs. the average Gore voter.
To do it by state and not by those who actually voted is not kosher. The states with the lower IQs, also have larger black populations percentage wise. Blacks don't do as well on IQ tests as whites.* Yet blacks voted overwhelmingly for Gore.
South Carolina and Mississippi's lower average IQ may very well be explained by their high percentage of black residents, who voted overwhelmingly for Gore. So you see, unless you look at the average IQ of the actual voters, your study is horribly confounded.
*look it up if you don't believe me. Of course, it is questionable whether an IQ test is a good method of testing intelligence.
