Should less intelligent people be given less of a vote?

Question

I think that a vote is a cognitive choice based on information.
Therefore if your brain processes information more efficiently it is more effective in choice making ie(a more powerful faster computer, which is therefore more valuable and expensive)

It follows that if one has more intelligence, they could better choose a political leader for the good of all.

This would also make it more difficult for political leaders to manipulate the voters, as the smarter ones would see through false information.

Perhaps point values based on IQ and percentile of population.

Answer 1

I think we should scrap the electoral college and use popular vote instead. This would encourage more people to vote. There are blue states, red states and swing states.. A vote for a Republican in a blue state is a waste, and a vote for a Democrat in red state is also a waste. This leads about 18 states that will decide the President... Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin. I live in RI and could vote for a Republican my whole life... but Rhode Island hasn't voted Republican since Eisenhower was elected. Why should I vote? Why should a Texan vote for a Democrat if there is no chance Texas will swing Democrat?

Answer 2

Political leaders will always manipulate the voters. There are some things that cannot be changed. Partly, I agree with you, but if America is to be open to all people, we should let the people with the IQ of 110 vote as well as the ones who's IQ is the same as their shoe size.

Answer 3

Not necessarily. I know there are intelligent people out there who have spent their entire life in school, and they've been irreparably brainwashed by college professors to become virulently anti-American. Supposedly Al Franken is smart and the thought of that man having a vote makes me sick.

It should be based more on some other socioeconomic factor, such as vocation.

Farmer / Rancher / Industrial job (40+ hrs / week) - 1 vote
These people live the traditional American life, and being in rural areas they have been under-reprensented far too long. Think of it as "affirmative action" to redress past suffering.

Profession / Technical / Administrative - 0.75 vote
This group is typically college educated and suburban. They are smart people but sometimes to comfortable & self absorbed to have much common sense. I fall in this category, by the way.

Non-gainfully employeed - 0.25 vote
The rights of every citizen in a democracy must be earned.

Academic professor / Administrator / professional student - 0.0001 vote
These people are dangerous, but throw them a bone.

Illegal aliens - let them vote, but give a value of negative 1.

Answer 4

There are a lot of problems with that.
1) Who gets to decide?
2) What would be the criteria?
3) Is there really such a thing as IQ?

among others. I'd trust the judgement of 5000 people picked at random over 500 college profs.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

First you would have to scrap the electoral college. Then since media is liberal and democrats are not intelligent enough to see through the manipulation and false information then it would only follow that all future elections would be won by republicans.

Answer 7

The less intelligent vote less than the educated as it is.
I don't see the difference.
Example: A bunch of educated democrats voted Bill Cliinton into office and reduced our military to the point that they are stretched then in the current day when we need them.

Answer 8

Just because someone is smarter in one field doesn't make them smart in another. Someone may have a higher IQ but know nothing about the candidates then someone with a lower IQ.

Answer 9

If IQ tests were required to vote, and to cast a vote you had to have a basic knowledge of the system and the candidates...a very small percentage of citizens would be qualified to vote!

Answer 10

You know, about a hundred or so years ago, America did work that way. Black people were worth 3/5 of a person when considering congressional representation. Such a system today would not only be impractical, but unethical.