“Smartest” (#10 to #1):
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New York
Vermont
Virginia
New Jersey
Connecticut
Maryland
Colorado
Massachusetts
Unsurprisingly, since journalists cook the books that way, under their definition of the smartest states all ten voted for communism in 2012.
“Dumbest” (#10 to #1):
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Indiana
Alabama
Nevada
Louisiana
Kentucky
Mississippi
Arkansas
West Virginia
Only one of the ten (Nevada) supported pure evil in 2012. No reasonable person could count the other nine as dumb. I have advanced degrees from the most prestigious universities in the country, and I saw how my classmates thought (or didn’t), so I know there is a huge difference between having a college degree and being smart.
As I grow older, I place a higher value on common sense vs. book smarts.
....and the ‘dumbest’ state is quickest to effect a sea-change in its political affiliation and recognition that Democrat=Socialist. Longtime senators and representatives are retiring or facing electoral losses.
Meanwhile, Massachusetts elected Liz Warren.