I've heard that they are bogus, but the person who told me spent the time to research accurate figures and the following analysis.
"So, that last graphic turned out to be taken from an old hoax, circa 2000. But, curious, I dug up the real data. So, here it is. And there's a numerical correlation of 26.7% between IQ and margin of victory for Kerry. Meaning that 26.7% of how much a state voted for Bush, statistically speaking, can be explained by related to their collective IQ. It's important to note that correlation does not imply causation. But there is a legitimate relationship there, numerically. "What I just did highlights a problem in the Democratic Party. We are perceived as elitist snobs because we run studies to prove that we are elite. And unfortunately, the only way we ever seem to get to do anything good is when the other guys fuck up enough for everyone to get pissed off at them and vote us in. If anyone has any good ideas about how to capture the hearts (and not just the minds) of middle America, please pass it on to Bob Shrum." State Bush Victory IQ Mississippi 20.4% 94 South Carolina 17.4% 94 Alabama 25.8% 97 Georgia 16.8% 97 Kentucky 20.0% 97 Louisiana 14.8% 97 North Carolina 12.7% 97 Tennessee 14.4% 97 Texas 23.0% 97 Arkansas 9.9% 98 Florida 5.1% 98 New Mexico 1.1% 98 Colorado 6.2% 99 Delaware -7.6% 99 Hawaii -8.7% 99 Indiana 21.1% 99 Arizona 10.5% 100 California -10.4% 100 Idaho 38.6% 100 Maine -8.2% 100 Nevada 2.7% 100 New Jersey -6.3% 100 Pennsylvania -2.3% 100 Rhode Island -21.0% 100 South Dakota 21.8% 100 Virginia 8.7% 100 West Virginia 13.0% 100 Alaska 27.7% 101 Maryland -12.5% 101 Michigan -3.5% 101 Missouri 7.3% 101 New York -17.6% 101 Ohio 2.5% 101 Utah 45.9% 101 Wyoming 40.6% 101 Connecticut -10.5% 102 Kansas 26.1% 102 Minnesota -3.5% 102 Montana 21.2% 102 Nebraska 34.9% 102 North Dakota 27.8% 102 Oklahoma 31.1% 102 Vermont -20.7% 102 Washington -7.4% 102 Iowa 0.9% 103 Massachusetts -25.4% 103 Oregon -4.1% 103 Wisconsin -0.4% 103 Illinois -10.0% 104 New Hampshire -1.4% 104 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Redler Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 3:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] 4 more years -- State IQ and Election Results Can anyone substantiate this? http://geekgossip.net/2004election_by_iq.png Mike _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
