And Doc I can assure you Al Gore Has No chance to win in Most southern States, Especially Alabama, GA, and Tennessee his home state....and that you can Take to the BANK ...
This is a intreresting article. The peeps in the states that voted Republican tend to have lower IQ's than the peeps in the states that voted Democrat. So Dirty is probably right, Gore has no chance in Alabama, GA or TENN. Gore's chances of winning Mississippi appear to be very slim also.
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Commentary ~ December 6, 2004: An analysis of data that measures the average IQ scores of each of the 50 states, compared with the results from the 2004 presidential election, reveals startling new evidence that the less intelligent Americans are the more they were likely to vote for George W. Bush.
Of the 18 states with IQ scores of 100-plus, only one (Virginia, at lowly 17th place) went for George Bush in the 2004 election. Of the 25 states with scores lower than IQ 99, all went to President Bush. The District of Columbia, which the census records as having the nation's highest population of college graduates (42%), turned in the nation's lowest number of votes for President Bush (9%). The Guardian newspaper in Britain calls this the axis of-stupidity.
Another interesting correlation can be seen between the divorce rate per state, and who they voted for.
The Boston Globe recently reported that the higher the percentage of people voting for Bush, the higher the divorce rate. The state with the lowest divorce rate in the nation is Massachusetts, with a divorce rate of 2.4 per 1,000 population. The rate for Texas is nearly twice that at 4.1 per 1,000 people. George Barna Research Group, a born-again Christian whose company based in Ventura, Calif., found that born-again Christians have among the highest divorce rates.
The Associated Press, using data supplied by the US Census Bureau, found that the highest divorce rates are to be found in the Bible Belt. The AP report stated that ?the divorce rates in these conservative states are roughly 50 percent above the national average of 4.2 per thousand people.? The 10 Southern states with some of the highest divorce rates were Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas. By comparison nine states in the Northeast were among those with the lowest divorce rates: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Getting back to the correlation between IQ and voting patterns, the following table from political science researcher Chris Evans sums it up:
<TABLE width=277 border=1><TBODY><TR class=category vAlign=top><TD> </TD><TD>
State</TD><TD width="24%">
Avg. IQ </TD><TD>
2004</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD width="8%">
1</TD><TD width="42%">
Connecticut</TD><TD>
113</TD><TD width="26%">
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
2</TD><TD>
Massachusetts</TD><TD>
111</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
3</TD><TD>
New Jersey</TD><TD>
111</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
4</TD><TD>
New York</TD><TD>
109</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
5</TD><TD>
Rhode Island</TD><TD>
107</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
6</TD><TD>
Hawaii</TD><TD>
106</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
7</TD><TD>
Maryland</TD><TD>
105</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
8</TD><TD>
New Hampshire</TD><TD>
105</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
9</TD><TD>
Illinois</TD><TD>
104</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
10</TD><TD>
Delaware</TD><TD>
103</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
11</TD><TD>
Minnesota</TD><TD>
102</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
12</TD><TD>
Vermont</TD><TD>
102</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
13</TD><TD>
Washington</TD><TD>
102</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
14</TD><TD>
California</TD><TD>
101</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
15</TD><TD>
Pennsylvania</TD><TD>
101</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
16</TD><TD>
Maine</TD><TD>
100</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
17</TD><TD>
Virginia</TD><TD>
100</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
18</TD><TD>
Wisconsin</TD><TD>
100</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
19</TD><TD>
Colorado</TD><TD>
99</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
20</TD><TD>
Iowa</TD><TD>
99</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
21</TD><TD>
Michigan</TD><TD>
99</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
22</TD><TD>
Nevada</TD><TD>
99</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
23</TD><TD>
Ohio</TD><TD>
99</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#000066><TD>
24</TD><TD>
Oregon</TD><TD>
99</TD><TD>
Kerry</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
25</TD><TD>
Alaska</TD><TD>
98</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
26</TD><TD>
Florida</TD><TD>
98</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
27</TD><TD>
Missouri</TD><TD>
98</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
28</TD><TD>
Kansas</TD><TD>
96</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
29</TD><TD>
Nebraska</TD><TD>
95</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
30</TD><TD>
Arizona</TD><TD>
94</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
31</TD><TD>
Indiana</TD><TD>
94</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
32</TD><TD>
Tennessee</TD><TD>
94</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
33</TD><TD>
North Carolina</TD><TD>
93</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
34</TD><TD>
West Virginia</TD><TD>
93</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
35</TD><TD>
Arkansas</TD><TD>
92</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
36</TD><TD>
Georgia</TD><TD>
92</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
37</TD><TD>
Kentucky</TD><TD>
92</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
38</TD><TD>
New Mexico</TD><TD>
92</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
39</TD><TD>
North Dakota</TD><TD>
92</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
40</TD><TD>
Texas</TD><TD>
92</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
41</TD><TD>
Alabama</TD><TD>
90</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
42</TD><TD>
Louisiana</TD><TD>
90</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
43</TD><TD>
Montana</TD><TD>
90</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
44</TD><TD>
Oklahoma</TD><TD>
90</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
45</TD><TD>
South Dakota</TD><TD>
90</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
46</TD><TD>
South Carolina</TD><TD>
89</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
47</TD><TD>
Wyoming</TD><TD>
89</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
48</TD><TD>
Idaho</TD><TD>
87</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
49</TD><TD>
Utah</TD><TD>
87</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR><TR class=casualties vAlign=top bgColor=#990000><TD>
50</TD><TD height=18>
Mississippi</TD><TD>
85</TD><TD>
Bush</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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