http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm

hehehe...

Me points and giggles!

(Not getting involved - but it is quite amusing!)

Too bad it doesn't correlate with any solid proof.

Did you vote Bush by any chance?


Looks about right to me.

heh

I go very much against their idea with my SAT score, state, and voting record. The whole idea is based on estimations. Plus, they base their IQs on SAT/ACT acores, but I wonder if they take into account what percentage of people from each state take the tests. I realise that they say they adjust scores down due to higher IQs of people who actually take the test, but everyone in South Carolina takes the SAT or PSAT in high school. So, SC's score is quite a bit lower than it should be.

At the very bottom of that page, is says that the Data cannot be verified, and is very likely a hoax. This is just a silly attempt by those who voated for Kerry to feel superior to those who voted for Bush.

It's funny. Last week when I was voting, every major thing I voted for/against lost.

I voted Kerry.
Bush won.

I voted for Martin Frost.
Martin Frost is now leaving congress after 26 years.

I voted against Joe Barton.
Joe Barton won.

I voted against the Dallas Cowboys stadium being built in Arlington.
Cowboys are now getting a stadium built in Arlington.

And yet last Wednesday was one of the greatest days of my life, regardless of who won and who lost.

What the hell? Did you read the text directly under that table?

"As a regular reader of the "Economist" I can confirm that this table (for the 2000 election) was indeed published in the 'Economist". However, a few issues later on, the 'Economist' published a retraction, saying the data was unable to be verified and possibly a hoax."

Actually it isn't based on SAT scores or anything else. This chart appeared on a mensa newsgroup after the 2000 election, and the guy who made it never bothered to provide any documentation. The phony sources were attributed to it much later on.

Here is a chart which supposedly is based on SAT and ACT scores, and it shows a mere 10-point difference between the highest and lowest IQ states. Not that it really matters, anyway, since most (if not all) states are closely split politically. Look at California and Texas, often called the 'most liberal' and 'most conservative' states. Texas's split was 60% Bush, 40% Kerry, and California's was even closer.

ha ha ha. this is good stuff

Despite the fact that there are notices all over that page that the numbers are fake, Kerry supporters continue to rely on these "statistics." I'm really wondering about now who exactly has the IQ deficiency.

I see worked up people

I'm from Coneticcut

I are smartzzors!!!1!

Doesnt change the fact that there are people from those "smarter states" that voted for Bush. Quite a few to be exact, didnt New York get about 40% Bush this time around?

All this proves to me is the general population of the United States of America doesn't exactly have a very high IQ level.

Democrats should examine these statistics and realize we need more backwards southern democrats to run for president. You know, like that democrat who spoke at the GOP in NYC. yea, him...

I heard the average reading and writing scores of America, compared to other countries, are quite low....so I think we should improve our academic statistics as a whole before we point out which state is the "dumbest."

I will give the person much happiness if he/she can find the scores of US compared to other countries. They are online somewhere.

Well, at least I live in the smartest Republican state...

Average IQ would have a correlation to average income. More money means more education, and high-paying jobs are more likely to be around metropolitan areas than rural. So I guess on a very basic level that chart does make sense.

It doesnt take a genious to realise that rural America won Bush the election.

Anyone can find or make a chart to "prove" their point of view.