What's your state's average IQ

[crazyforgoofy]

and is it a Red state or a Blue state?

http://attenuation.net/files/iq.htm

 

[cheyita]

Looks like someone's trying to pick a fight!

How about making it really personal? What's your IQ and who did you vote for?

 

[EsmeraldaX]

*erased*

IQ tests are very unreliable for a number of reasons.

Beyond that statement, I'm not getting into it. Never mind. I don't think this is going to be a very nice thread after about 5 minutes.

 

[crazyforgoofy]

140 and John Forbes Kerry!

How bout you?

 

[momof2inPA]

I guess Rokkitsci was wrong.

 

[Beauty]

Humm lets just say my I.Q. is WELL over my state's average and I voted for Bush.

 

[momof2inPA]

Originally posted by crazyforgoofy
140 and John Forbes Kerry!

How bout you?

Wow. We have a lot in common.

 

[GoodFairies]

PLEASE CHECK SNOPES.COM BEFORE POSTING THINGS LIKE THIS.

 

[browneyes]

My state has the wrong IQ. This just proves I live in the wrong state.

 

[LisaZoe]

Originally posted by GoodFairies
PLEASE CHECK SNOPES.COM BEFORE POSTING THINGS LIKE THIS.

I love snopes.com so would really be interested in a link to this list (or similar) on their site. I tried to find it but couldn't.

Thanks!

 

[pjd02176]

IQ 146
Member of Mensa
Lives in Massachusetts
Finishing my Masters in History at Harvard University
Voted for Bush

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Just because a state "goes" for a certain candidate, doesn't mean that the entire state voted that way. Look at all the red in states that went "blue"
http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/images/votemap.htm
CT... the most intelligent state according to this went 44% Bush, 54% Kerry.

Lastly, average IQ and votes do not logically corrolate. One measures the population who voted... not all Americans. The other is an average of some random sampling (not sure how the sample was derived to get those averages, since there is not a national standardized IQ test.)

I'm not trying to pick a fight. I vote for folks in both parties. I just think polarizing people further is not good.

 

[momof2inPA]

Originally posted by GoodFairies
PLEASE CHECK SNOPES.COM BEFORE POSTING THINGS LIKE THIS.

I couldn't find this debunked on snopes. Please post a link to the page. Thanks.

 

[GoodFairies]

I don't know if that will work but it is easy to find on the website if it doesn't. It's the first thing under the "What's New" section or you can search for "IQ vote" and it is the first result.



http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/gop.asp

 

[momof2inPA]

The link to which you are referring debunks this satirical article, not the chart provided by crazygoofy.

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=17627

 

[GoodFairies]

There is no difference in what the chart shows and what the fake article states.

 

[richiebaseball]

Funny thing about IQ's. They really don't equate to common sense. This thread pretty much bears out that theory.

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/bush_iq

Richard

 

[jrydberg]

IQ of 60 and I voted for Dale Earnhardt Jr

 

[momof2inPA]

Originally posted by GoodFairies
There is no difference in what the chart shows and what the fake article states.

Uuuuuuh, yes, there is.

The link posted by crazygoofy is a chart that correlates average IQ with how that state voted in the presidential election, althought the author of the chart does admit some difficulty authenticating the IQ numbers, he says they do correlate well with SAT/ACT indications of IQ's for high school graduates in the respective states. It may or may not be accurate, as annotated by the author.

The snopes article is a spoof, intended as a joke, stating that great percentages of those with high IQ's would not vote for Bush.

 

[rcyannacci]

Originally posted by jrydberg
IQ of 60 and I voted for Dale Earnhardt Jr

Darn, that was a choice? When was I suppose to vote?

 

[pjd02176]

I don't know if that IQ chart is a joke or not (it appears to be housed on a photographers website?), but if education is any indication here are results from the last 2 elections (I hope the graph comes out o.k.)

2000
Vote by Education...........% of All Voters..............Gore.........Bush

No H.S. Degree........................5%........................59%........39%
High School Graduate..............21%.....................48%........49%
Some College..........................32%......................45%........51%
College Graduate.....................24%.....................45%........51%
Post-Graduate Degree.............18%......................52%........44%

2004 - CNN's exit polls......% of All Voters..............Kerry.........Bush

No H.S. Degree...........................4%..................50%.........49%
High School Graduate................22%..................47%.........52%
Some College............................32%..................46%.........54%
College Graduate......................26%..................46%.........52%
Post-Graduate Study.................16%..................55%.........44%

CNN Source: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html

Then we would have to argue if education = intelligence. I would certainly say no. You can be brilliant, but not have the means to afford school. You can also be an idiot and have parents who can pay for you to get a Doctorate in Basketweaving. You could also argue that when you have Post-graduate study, you are more likely to be brainwashed by liberal (or conservative! depending on your school) propaganda.

edited to fix chart