US Election results by average IQ

Discussion in 'Elections' started by Neo¹, Nov 7, 2004.

  1. Neo¹

    Neo¹ Member

    Sep 17, 2004
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    Im not Joking.


    -N1
     
  2. Danks81

    Danks81 Member

    May 18, 2003
    Philadelphia
    No, but the validity of this "data" is a joke. A while back the Economist claimed it as a hoax. The only other publication to lend back to this data was The St. Petersburg Times. And if you'll notice in their article on the matter http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/20/Opinion/Does_IQ_matter_in_pol.shtml

    they picked it up from the Economist.

    So in short, this is a load of crap that's long known to be a hoax, and you're a fool for buying into it.
     
  3. StingRay37

    StingRay37 Member

    Dec 4, 2000
    North Carolina
    Well this certainly explains those faulty exit polls! All those people thought they had voted for Kerry but were so dumb they voted for Bush by accident!

    :rolleyes:
     
  4. Ian McCracken

    Ian McCracken Member

    May 28, 1999
    USA
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    I can't believe someone with such a high IQ was fooled by this hoax. I'm not joking.
     
  5. Neo¹

    Neo¹ Member

    Sep 17, 2004

    LOL!!

    I just wanted to post the pic.

    If anyone is offended feel free to give me a negative rep. :D

    -N1
     
  6. Dan Loney

    Dan Loney BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 10, 2000
    Cincilluminati
    Club:
    Los Angeles Sol
    Nat'l Team:
    Philippines
    Seriously.

    Those red state numbers are WAY too high.
     
  7. 1953 4-2-4

    1953 4-2-4 Red Card

    Jan 11, 2004
    Cleveland
  8. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    We desperately need an emoticon for "smacks palm against head".
    A. Nearly all IQ data are stated as unproven (all the top ones, oddly enough) and
    B. Using SAT scores is abominably stupid, since the rate of students taking the SAT is not the same per state. Thus, since almost everyone in Connecticut takes the SATs, you get more stupid people taking it than you would in, say Alabama, where only the 7 people per year allowed to go to college take it.
     
  9. flowergirl

    flowergirl Member+

    Aug 11, 2004
    panama city, FL
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Exactly. Look at the percentages of HS who took the SAT. Iowa - 5% Conn - 79% -- i think that's very telling.

    Also, did you see where the home state of our president ranked in your list. 7th from the BOTTOM! with an average IQ of 108. :)
     
  10. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Using SAT scores is pretty stupid for another reason. Out West, the ACT test is standard, so only kids going to eastern schools take the SAT, and the obviously disincludes all the kids going to Southeast State U.
     
  11. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Dubious data. The fact that Mississippi is in the top half of any intelligence survey should've been a tip off. Mississippi isn't known as the "50th state" for nothing.
     
  12. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Another "smart state/dumb state" survey:

    These are the findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of hundreds of public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on a variety of factors based on how they compare to the national average. These included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence.

    How does YOUR state rank?

    1. Massachusetts
    2. Connecticut
    3. Vermont
    4. New Jersey
    5. Wisconsin
    6. New York
    7. Minnesota
    8. Iowa
    9. Pennsylvania
    10. Montana
    11. Maine
    12. Virginia
    13. Nebraska
    14. New Hampshire
    15. Kansas
    16. Wyoming
    17. Indiana
    18. Maryland
    19. North Dakota
    20. Ohio
    21. Colorado
    22. South Dakota
    23. Rhode Island
    24. Illinois
    25. North Carolina
    26. Missouri
    27. Delaware
    28. Utah
    29. Idaho
    30. Washington
    31. Michigan
    32. South Carolina
    33. Texas and West Virginia (tie)
    35. Oregon
    36. Arkansas
    37. Kentucky
    38. Georgia
    39. Florida
    40. Oklahoma
    41. Tennessee
    42. Hawaii
    43. California
    44. Alabama
    45. Alaska
    46. Louisiana
    47. Mississippi
    48. Arizona
    49. Nevada
    50. New Mexico
     
  13. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    I don't know which "West" you live in, but that's not true.
    The ACT is used prevalently in the Midwest, not the West. Also, nearly everyone takes the SATs as well as the ACT. Everyone at my school did (in the Midwest).
     
  14. Chicago1871

    Chicago1871 Member

    Apr 21, 2001
    Chicago
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The ACTs are utilized far more in the midwest than anywhere else. The SATs are nationwide. The link provided was a joke because, as was pointed out earlier, the % of high school graduates taking the test varied greatly.
     
  15. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
    San Rafael, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    He was born in and went to school in Connecticut, so he is from a state with a seemingly average set of numbers.
     
  16. Ian McCracken

    Ian McCracken Member

    May 28, 1999
    USA
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    We use the ACT in Michigan. Only those students planning to go to school out of state take the SAT, generally. I might add that I got a 33 on the ACT when I took it. ;)
     
  17. biggyv

    biggyv Member

    May 18, 2000
    PGH PA
    If this thread was a state, it would rank 51st.
     
  18. Garcia

    Garcia Member

    Dec 14, 1999
    Castro Castro
    Verdad.

    I only took the ACT.

    Ohio State requires at least one, ACT or SAT
     
  19. flowergirl

    flowergirl Member+

    Aug 11, 2004
    panama city, FL
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes, I do know that. But most people associate him with that down home cowboy texan thing -- and he seems to fit better in that atmosphere as well.
     
  20. argentine soccer fan

    Staff Member

    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    If the republicans are the ones with the low IQ, how come it is the democrats who are too stupid to figure out how to use a ballot?
     
  21. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    Yup. I took the ACT, but knew nothing about it. I figured it was just another test out there. (Although man was that science section stoopid.) I took the SATs twice, and actually cared. I went to the ACT, got the results, stuck them in a drawer, and didn't look at them again until I started talking to Ohio State people.
     
  22. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    That's all we need - a degree/test score smack thread in the Politics Forum.
     
  23. Smiley321

    Smiley321 Member

    Apr 21, 2002
    Concord, Ca

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