Average IQ of each state and who they voted for

[IronLionZion]

enjoy

http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~kenyon3/2004.htm

State Avg. IQ 2004 Vote
1 Connecticut 113 Kerry
2 Massachusetts 111 Kerry
3 New Jersey 111 Kerry
4 New York 109 Kerry
5 Rhode Island 107 Kerry
6 Hawaii 106 Kerry
7 Maryland 105 Kerry
8 New Hampshire 105 Kerry
9 Illinois 104 Kerry
10 Delaware 103 Kerry
11 Minnesota 102 Kerry
12 Vermont 102 Kerry
13 Washington 102 Kerry
14 California 101 Kerry
15 Pennsylvania 101 Kerry
16 Maine 100 Kerry
17 Virginia 100 Bush
18 Wisconsin 100 Kerry
19 Colorado 99 Bush
20 Iowa 99 Bush?
21 Michigan 99 Kerry
22 Nevada 99 Bush
23 Ohio 99 Bush?
24 Oregon 99 Kerry
25 Alaska 98 Bush
26 Florida 98 Bush
27 Missouri 98 Bush
28 Kansas 96 Bush
29 Nebraska 95 Bush
30 Arizona 94 Bush
31 Indiana 94 Bush
32 Tennessee 94 Bush
33 North Carolina 93 Bush
34 West Virginia 93 Bush
35 Arkansas 92 Bush
36 Georgia 92 Bush
37 Kentucky 92 Bush
38 New Mexico 92 Bush?
39 North Dakota 92 Bush
40 Texas 92 Bush
41 Alabama 90 Bush
42 Louisiana 90 Bush
43 Montana 90 Bush
44 Oklahoma 90 Bush
45 South Dakota 90 Bush
46 South Carolina 89 Bush
47 Wyoming 89 Bush
48 Idaho 87 Bush
49 Utah 87 Bush
50 Mississippi 85 Bush

[WindRavenX]

1. oh that's just RICH...

...my Republican friends are not going to like this list ;)

[tjdee]

2. We're "intellectual elitists".

Don't trust the smart people though.

Sure path to ruin, that.

/sarcasm.

[d_b]

8. Heh

[LiberteToujours]

3. Wow, if that's real, very interesting.

[LiberteToujours]

4. Link is 404

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

5. That seems fake.

If you were doing a random IQ sampling from each state, and assuming IQ tests are valid, wouldn't the mean score always be 100?

BTW. Check the site. I just did. It is indeed fake.

[LiberteToujours]

6. It's bogus

Check the link.

Last week we published a list that purported to show the IQ s of states voting for George Bush and Al Gore in 2000. Alas, we were the victim of a hoax: no such data exists. By way of apology, here are two very crude ratings of states' intelligence—and how they voted.

[UL_Approved]

7. Funny, but it doesn't hold water

The link you gave:


http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~kenyon3/2004.htm

doesn't support your claim. Montana came in fourth in mathematics scores (based on standardized testing). Nice try for a joke, but sit on you thumb and spin on behalf of Montana.

[Utah_Lefty]

9. can you explain this to me....

are you saying my IQ is 49?

[flowomo]

10. your source retracted the data.... I think

"Last week we published a list that purported to show the IQ s of states voting for George Bush and Al Gore in 2000. Alas, we were the victim of a hoax: no such data exists. By way of apology, here are two very crude ratings of states' intelligence—and how they voted."

[rucky]

11. How do you spell IQ? n/t

[IronLionZion]

12. They pulled it withing minutes after I posted it

assholes. Must be the vast right wing conspiracy :P


I still think Democrats are smarter than Republicans. The Republicans I know are dumbasses

[SarahB]

13. Yes, my state has the highest IQ!!!

I feel vindicated at least a little bit. Nutmeggers rock! :headbang:

My IQ allegedly surpasses 113 though.

edit: Now I see it's a fraud, but I'd like to see something to refute it nonetheless. I'd doubt an actual study would be much different. The only hope at all for the red states are DUers who throw the curve. :D

[RebelOne]

14. Hey, I live in Georgia and I have an IQ higher than 92

and I voted for Kerry. We are not all idiots down here.

[IronLionZion]

16. it's a hoax

I'm sorry I posted it thinking it was cute.

My IQ is higher than all the states so who cares?

[DelawareValleyDem]

15. Even more interesting

Take a look at the list of states ranked by per capita income (5 year old data, unfortunately)

http://www.cps.k12.va.us/departments/budget/0102/PERCAPTA_0102.pdf

The richest states tend to be Dem. The poorest are almost exclusively Rep.

[Dogmudgeon]

17. Tax Revenues vs Federal Aid is even more enlightening

Red States receive well over 100% of the money their residents pay in federal income tax; in Blue States, it's exactly the reverse.

So much for the Big, Bad Federal Government line AND the Conservatives' Superior Work Ethic line.

--bkl

[trof]

18. HA! Alabama's smarter than LA AND MS.

I knew it!
I just KNEW it!
Mustve happened when I moved back.
;-)