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Correlation between IQ and vote

by Kevin Dangoor

All of Kerry’s electoral votes came from the more intelligent half of the country. In fact, according the chart presented there, the states with the 16 highest IQs all went to Kerry. Make of that what you will.

Published: November 6, 2004

Filed Under: Politics

3 Responses to “Correlation between IQ and vote”

Juha says:

November 7, 2004 at 6:07 am

Well, I’d like to believe that, but I think that the story has been debunked.
Juha says:

November 7, 2004 at 6:08 am

Hmm, the link didn’t make it through. I should learn to use the preview. Anyway, here’s the link:

http://joi.ito.com/archives/2004/11/05/iq_vs_votes.html
Kevin says:

November 7, 2004 at 8:17 pm

Thanks for the link… there was quite a bit of work put in on the site Joi Ito linked to. There does appear to be *some* data regarding SAT/ACT scores, but either way such analysis would have to be taken with a very large grain of salt.