Posted on 11/27/2004 4:39:49 AM PST by MikefromOhio
Urban Legends and Folklore IQ and Voter Preference in 2004 Presidential Election
Netlore Archive: In which the results of the 2004 U.S. presidential election are correlated with purported average IQ of voters in each state
Description: Net hoax Circulating since: Nov. 2004 (this version) Status: False Analysis: See below
IQ and Voter Preference State Average IQ 2004 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
Comments: The data charted above, which began circulating on the Internet shortly after the U.S. presidential election of 2004, would appear to confirm an elitist supposition held by some on the left — namely that Bush supporters are dumber than Kerry supporters.
There's just one problem: the numbers in the "Average IQ" column were fabricated. No such data exists.
As it happens, the same figures were bandied about earlier this year in reference to 2000's Bush/Gore election, and discredited in short order. Then, as now, it was claimed that the numbers purporting to represent average IQ by state came from a book entitled "IQ and the Wealth of Nations." However, one of its authors, Richard Lynn, stated that the book contains no such data.
It also bears pointing out that three states switched their electoral preference from one party to the other between 2000 and 2004, with no corresponding change in the alleged IQ of the populace.
Lastly, the hoax is reminiscent of a widely circulated email dating from 2001 which claimed, on the basis of phony documentation, that G.W. Bush has the lowest IQ of any modern president.
My IQ is 12.
(Nods head.)
Those crazy goyim!
Tralfalmadorian.
Sounds familiar.
It should.
Snoops?
No. The reason is that the overwhelming majority of Ph.Ds are professional academics with doctoral degrees that wouldn't be worth a dime in the real world. Those degrees are only of value inside their cloistered little group-think world.
I think you are saying the same thing as me but in a narrower context. Outside academia most Ph.D.'s work for the government, or government contractors.
In the real world a Ph.D. is worth little, I agree.
Blah! Tennessee is low in every one. Can't say I disagree with but ... BTW I've noticed that most of the high achieving students in my school are girls. There are 4 boys and 13 girls in my Algebra class. There were only 3 other boys in my pod that had first honor-roll and 15 girls. Is it just our school or what?
Rain-maker,Take Pa. let's trade,never mind.
Welcome to FreeRepublic. I think the original article was meant as a joke, BTW. Girls tend to do better in school normally because healthy red-blooded young men find it wicked boring. On top of that the academic establishment has been ever further feminizing the academy.
By nature men are better at spatial and abstract reasoning used in Engineering, Science and Mathematics than women, but not a whole lot better. Girls are much better at sitting quietly for hours at time, a lot better.
In the engineering trade - in my limited experience - men tend to congretate in the laboratory/application end, women in the software/management/sales side.
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