Proof that * voters are stupid

[ButterflyBlood]

Check out this chart of average IQ by state:

  AVG IQ      AVG Income      '00 Electoral
(1) Connecticut..................113      $26,979          Gore
(2) Massachusetts................111      $24,059          Gore
(3) New Jersey...................111      $26,457          Gore
(4) New York.....................109      $23,534          Gore
(5) Rhode Island.................107      $20,299          Gore
(6) Hawaii.......................106      $21,218          Gore
(7) Maryland.....................105      $22,974          Gore
(8) New Hampshire................105      $22,934          Bush
(9) Illinois.....................104      $21,608          Gore
(10) Delaware....................103      $21,451          Gore
(11) Minnesota...................102      $20,049          Gore
(12) Vermont.....................102      $18,834          Gore
(13) Washington..................102      $20,398          Gore
(14) California..................101      $21,278          Gore
(15) Pennsylvania................101      $20,253          Gore
(16) Maine.......................100      $18,226          Gore
(17) Virginia....................100      $20,629          Bush
(18) Wisconsin...................100      $18,727          Gore
(19) Colorado.....................99      $20,124          Bush
(20) Iowa.........................99      $18,287          Gore
(21) Michigan.....................99      $19,508          Gore
(22) Nevada.......................99      $20,266          Bush
(23) Ohio.........................99      $18,624          Bush
(24) Oregon.......................99      $18,202          Gore
(25) Alaska.......................98      $21,603          Bush
(26) Florida......................98      $19,397          Bush
(27) Missouri.....................98      $18,835          Bush
(28) Kansas.......................96      $19,376          Bush
(29) Nebraska.....................95      $19,084          Bush
(30) Arizona......................94      $17,119          Bush
(31) Indiana......................94      $18,043          Bush
(32) Tennessee....................94      $17,341          Bush
(33) North Carolina...............93      $17,667          Bush
(34) West Virginia................93      $15,065          Bush
(35) Arkansas.....................92      $15,439          Bush
(36) Georgia......................92      $18,130          Bush
(37) Kentucky.....................92      $16,534          Bush
(38) New Mexico...................92      $15,353          Gore
(39) North Dakota.................92      $16,854          Bush
(40) Texas........................92      $17,892          Bush
(41) Alabama......................90      $16,220          Bush
(42) Louisiana....................90      $15,712          Bush
(43) Montana......................90      $16,062          Bush
(44) Oklahoma.....................90      $16,198          Bush
(45) South Dakota.................90      $16,558          Bush
(46) South Carolina...............89      $15,989          Bush
(47) Wyoming......................89      $17,423          Bush
(48) Idaho........................87      $16,067          Bush
(49) Utah.........................87      $15,325          Bush
(50) Mississippi..................85      $14,088          Bush

yes, Democrats are smarter! :)

[troublemaker]

1. Source? (please)

[bemildred]

3. Yeah, really.

I suppose racist is the wrong word, how about "statist"?

[ButterflyBlood]

4. another forum

no link sorry, but he said it came from the Ravens APM

[Newsjock]

8. Here's a Usenet post

From November 2002 -- but it's not a citable primary source.
Long link hidden

There's a thread of 110 replies with it as well; I'm gonna go read those now.

[LibertyorDeath]

2. LOL where did you get that

[alcuno]

5. The high end of what is known of as borderline retardation is 83.

Where did these stats come from?

[WiltedFlowerChild]

6. Hey

As a life long resident of New Mexico, I would just like to say that even though we are stupid and poor, we still have our common sense :)

(38) New Mexico...................92 $15,353 Gore

[RPM]

7. Wow

31 of the 50 states have below average IQ's.... Priceless. Once again Mississippi brings up the rear - is there anything that they are not the most inept at?

[OpSomBlood]

This is a bullshit list, please lock thread.

Normal, average IQ (mental age = actual age) is 100. Mississippians might be dumb, but there's no way the "average" is severely retarded.

If you think this list is authentic, post a source link and we'll decide.

[Bombtrack]

12. I don't think 85 is severely retarded

I think 75 is retarded. I believe that KC from the Howard Stern show scored in the high 80's, low 90's.

There is just a deeper ignorance in some parts of the country.

[OpSomBlood]

13. Think of what an average of 85 means...

It means that for approximately every person of normal intelligence (100 IQ) there is someone with an IQ of 70 (significantly retarded).

An average of 85 essentially means there's a retarded person for every normal person.

[T Bone]

16. 85 is not severely retarded, 85 is dubya

on a good day. heh

[bigbillhaywood]

9. Only proves that IQ tests are economically biased against the lower

classes.

[Bombtrack]

10. I wouldn't doubt that these numbers are acurate

I heard on the news a while back that New Hampshire was the most intelligent state by one measure or another, not IQ I don't think, but it would make sense that it was the smartest Bush state

[strategery blunder]

11. How are these 'avg IQ' stats obtained?

Theoretically, everyone in the state would have to take them. I know you can argue, "Well, this is the MOE for such-and-such sample size," but why do I get the feeling that such samples are not representative?

[BlueJazz]

14. What's really surprising is the fact that the Southern States

....are at the bottom of the list. Rather like, I'm shock to find out that the Sun sets in the west.

[JPJones]

15. Looks like bullshit

And how does this help us get Kerry elected? By insulting people in states that we need to win?

[T Bone]

17. Gore could have won without any of the fucking South

if he had won New Hampshire. But he didn't -- no thanks to fuckwad Ralph Nader.

[sadiesworld]

18. I'm sure you didn't intend to be offensive in posting this.