Here’s an interesting chart put together by the people over at The American Assembler.
State Avg. IQ 2000 1 Connecticut 113 Gore 2 Massachusetts 111 Gore 3 New Jersey 111 Gore 4 New York 109 Gore 5 Rhode Island 107 Gore 6 Hawaii 106 Gore 7 Maryland 105 Gore 8 New Hampshire 105 Bush 9 Illinois 104 Gore 10 Delaware 103 Gore 11 Minnesota 102 Gore 12 Vermont 102 Gore 13 Washington 102 Gore 14 California 101 Gore 15 Pennsylvania 101 Gore 16 Maine 100 Gore 17 Virginia 100 Bush 18 Wisconsin 100 Gore 19 Colorado 99 Bush 20 Iowa 99 Gore 21 Michigan 99 Gore 22 Nevada 99 Bush 23 Ohio 99 Bush 24 Oregon 99 Gore 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 Gore 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 ??Via: Michael Hanscom??
Brad Froehle 
ever think about splitting the country? North & South? Sound Familiar?
Oh, apparently the IQ data doesn’t exist and is all in humor.
Funny nonetheless.
This is clearly a very scientific survey. I’ve done some research and it has a 98% confidence interval, with a standard deviation of +-1%. It is well known that these state IQ’s are representative of voter trends and there is a definite correlation between IQ and Democratic values.
The above chart seems to perfectly illustrate the cultural and educational differences that have divided our country; and thus the geopolitical split. Northeast, West Coast, Great lakes to Kerry (centers of higher learning, and thus with a better educated base, vs the interior of the US, with a lesser average intelligence.)
Perhaps a good portion of the 51% of this country needs to go to college, learn where Iraq, Afghanistand, and the Sudan are in the world, and start reading real newspapers and media. An informed democracy is much more effective and productive. Many of my students barely have a grasp of US History, much less international history and international relations. It is a pity, but we must strive to educate our masses.
I have reviewed the above claims regarding the correlation between intelligence quotients and party preference. I can state with 95% confidence that all of the data outlined above is withing the allowable margin error for the data and the correlations to be classified as true. I have run the data through the complex program developped by myself and several of my top graduate students here at the University and it has verified this conclusion time and again.
It is important to make a note of the fact that some of the states voted for Senator Kerry in this most recent electiont hat had voted for then-Governor Bush in the 2000 electionand visa-versa. Of note: #8 New Hampshire went democrat this year and #38 New Mexico went republican.
Nineterrn of the twenty-one most intelligent states were blue on thsi year’s election map. However, President Bush overwhelmingly took the top twenty-six dumbest states.
I concur with Dr. Hynes in the belief that the United States of America is grossly undereducated and as a result the dumb majority has elected a man less capable of helping our nation than the “most liberal senator” that would have lead us in the right direction.
EDWARDS 2008
DANTAS/BRADY 2020
The true test of intelligence is whether or not you believe this bit of agitprop.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/stateiq.asp
The two fake posters above failed.
Yea I’ve seen this stuff before, and from what I’ve looked up that’s all a hoax just so the Democrats would feel better about themselves.
http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm
That website has the same stuff on it…don’t know how you guys can think that stuff is actually real…
http://www.sq.4mg.com/stateIQ-income.htm
Here’s what I found…it still doesn’t make the Republican states look all that great…but hey, at least it’s realistic.
I just came accross the State IQ vs. Bush/Gore voting patterns chart. While it’s inflamatory effect seems a natural consequence (NOBODY wants to feel inadaquate) I’d like to point out another event, in your defense.
You probably remember the superbly written/acted TV show called ‘Taxi’. Do you know the story behind why it was cancelled?
It recieved high Nielson ratings, yet sponsors pulled their support. Why?
It was discovered that the demographics of their loyal viewers showed a significantly higher IQ than the nations norm. Marketing analysis also demonstrated that these viewers were not swayed into purchasing the products offered by the advertising sponsors via there typically innane commercials.
The parallels are unavoidable.