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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:
| |
State |
Avg. IQ |
2004 |
| 1 |
Connecticut |
113 |
Kerry |
| 2 |
Massachusetts |
111 |
Kerry |
| 3 |
New Jersey |
111 |
Kerry |
| 4 |
New York |
109 |
Kerry |
| 5 |
Rhode Island |
107 |
Kerry |
| 6 |
Hawaii |
106 |
Kerry |
| 7 |
Maryland |
105 |
Kerry |
| 8 |
New Hampshire |
105 |
Kerry |
| 9 |
Illinois |
104 |
Kerry |
| 10 |
Delaware |
103 |
Kerry |
| 11 |
Minnesota |
102 |
Kerry |
| 12 |
Vermont |
102 |
Kerry |
| 13 |
Washington |
102 |
Kerry |
| 14 |
California |
101 |
Kerry |
| 15 |
Pennsylvania |
101 |
Kerry |
| 16 |
Maine |
100 |
Kerry |
| 17 |
Virginia |
100 |
Bush |
| 18 |
Wisconsin |
100 |
Kerry |
| 19 |
Colorado |
99 |
Bush |
| 20 |
Iowa |
99 |
Bush |
| 21 |
Michigan |
99 |
Kerry |
| 22 |
Nevada |
99 |
Bush |
| 23 |
Ohio |
99 |
Bush |
| 24 |
Oregon |
99 |
Kerry |
| 25 |
Alaska |
98 |
Bush |
| 26 |
Florida |
98 |
Bush |
| 27 |
Missouri |
98 |
Bush |
| 28 |
Kansas |
96 |
Bush |
| 29 |
Nebraska |
95 |
Bush |
| 30 |
Arizona |
94 |
Bush |
| 31 |
Indiana |
94 |
Bush |
| 32 |
Tennessee |
94 |
Bush |
| 33 |
North Carolina |
93 |
Bush |
| 34 |
West Virginia |
93 |
Bush |
| 35 |
Arkansas |
92 |
Bush |
| 36 |
Georgia |
92 |
Bush |
| 37 |
Kentucky |
92 |
Bush |
| 38 |
New Mexico |
92 |
Bush |
| 39 |
North Dakota |
92 |
Bush |
| 40 |
Texas |
92 |
Bush |
| 41 |
Alabama |
90 |
Bush |
| 42 |
Louisiana |
90 |
Bush |
| 43 |
Montana |
90 |
Bush |
| 44 |
Oklahoma |
90 |
Bush |
| 45 |
South Dakota |
90 |
Bush |
| 46 |
South Carolina |
89 |
Bush |
| 47 |
Wyoming |
89 |
Bush |
| 48 |
Idaho |
87 |
Bush |
| 49 |
Utah |
87 |
Bush |
| 50 |
Mississippi |
85 |
Bush |
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