If so , what is the trend and where could I find this information? thanks
2006-09-21 04:48:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
NO, upbringing, environment, and events in ones life contribute to party preference..... but, once a person really starts to look at issues and listen to what is said.... the less one needs to affiliate theirself with any party.
When and if people really take a good look at issues and listen to what politicians say.... all polticians might be in trouble. Most politicians skirt around the issues... ride the fence... talk out both sides of their mouths... a voter needs to really be listening and comparing what a candidate says day to day and minute to minute.... hard to do...
Feel good is useless in protecting our country... but might beconsidered useful to a point in taking care of domestic societal issues.... but, feel good usually consists of 'stealing' money from one person and throwing it at the problem of another person....
Realism and liberalism...... truth and feelings....
Realism runs on truth and the truth doesn't always feel good.... people don't always want to hear it.
Liberalism runs on feel good.... the truth can derail feel good.... again, people don't always want to hear it....
IQ: the rating received on a test can be affected by the manner in which the question is posed.... a person can be very intelligent, but if that person has not been exposed to the vernacular or language on the test, how can they score high...
Actually, I think the higher IQ people don't affiliate with any party.... I don't, once I started really thinking for myself, I realized that the elitists are the problem.... they want to be the masters...
2006-09-21 05:47:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Despite what democrats tell you there has never been a study done comparing IQs on a state by state basis. What has been done is a study where they estimated IQs based on SAT and ACT scores. Since the tests are not comparable assigning and IQ to the scores on either one is difficult at best, and without a doubt unscientific.
The northern states tend to take the SATs and not the ACTs, the southern states tend to take the ACTs and not the SATs. In the midwest and southwest states college candidates may take either or both depending on where they want to go to college.
Northern sattes and California tend to have a large percentage of college bound students so the educational system is geared to prepare the students for the SAT, whereas mid-west and southern states do not prep their students for the SATs.
The study you are refering too is dubious at best and unprovable scientifically.
ADDED: I looked for the link to the site but couldn't find it. But it uses the same illogical assigning of IQs that the presidential IQ that morey posted. These are not real IQs because the presidents writings were used, presidents with more samples or decisions scored higher and those with fewer samples scored lower. Again its not the real IQ, just an assigned one that violates all principles of social science and is not genuine.
2006-09-21 11:59:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Please note that the liberals are all so sure that they MUST be smarter, yet somehow cannot provide any links to any legitimate peer-reviewed study that would support it.
Me, I don't think either political preference denotes intelligence or lack thereof. Also, IQ tests do not really test the inherent intelligence of people - there are too many variables that affect the ability to answer.
But I do find it amusing that so many liberals have to feel that the only reason people don't fawningly agree with them is because they are just not smart enough to understand. This is because they do not respect other people, and it is this self-delusion of superiority that has led to the debasement of civil political debate.
2006-09-21 12:02:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes.Blue states tend to have higher IQ scores than Red States.
The bottom 12 or something are all Red State.
2006-09-21 11:51:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Blue states tend to have more liberal universities,more higher paying jobs.Liberals dont have to work as hard for their money with menial jobs, so they tend to have more free time to reflect upon world matters accurately. Research a topic, look things up, then make a decision. Whereas in red states they have the back breaking jobs that lead to people being tired and not really caring what is happening in the world, who just believe what the President says, because he claims to be a christian and going to church is something they do so he has to be right? Right?
2006-09-21 11:59:44 · answer #5 · answered by stephaniemariewalksonwater 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
here's a report on the presidents, not the constituents.
It's admittedly biased- but not all that surprising for some of the presidents. I'd be surprised if bush was really 91. My guess is that he's probably in the 115-125 range. However, his EQ is probably off the charts. (emotional intelligence)
2006-09-21 11:58:03 · answer #6 · answered by Morey000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. The people with higher intelligence are most likely to be neutral. They look beyond the party and utilize risk-based management to best fit their needs at any given moment.
2006-09-21 11:55:51 · answer #7 · answered by Skull&Bones 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they have found that Republicans are the dumbest, with the lowest IQs
Democrats are smarter
And third party people are too smart for their own good... meaning third party people were the smartest of the lot-- but people are too afraid of revolution.
and there has also been studies correlating Fox news watchers with low IQ and also the more FOX news one watches, the dumber and more misinformed they become!!!
2006-09-21 12:03:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The red states and Bush have about the same level. Check out high schol graduation rates in the Red States!!!
2006-09-21 11:55:38 · answer #9 · answered by Rja 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Democrats are smarter. I don't have the sources handy, but it has been proven time and time again.
2006-09-21 11:50:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋