[SOC] IQ vs politics

Bill Cunningham [email protected]
Tue May 4 17:06:01 2004


Gee, nobody challenged the IQ data, Floriduh in particular.   Hanging chads
aside, the only real source of that kind of data would come from whatever
records the school systems (a) report and (b) retain for standardized tests.
You can bet that isn't uniform across the country.  So does one go back in
archives and estimate a state score from those now of voting age?
Meanwhile, back to Floriduh that has a huge population of those moving in
after school age.  So which state gets smarter and dumber as populations
shift?  Now ask the same question by county.

By all means, decide on your answer before you frame question or select
data.

I think I side with the Libertarians here, at least with respect to the
muddle class being screwed by both major parties.  Now if the roos offer a
candidate, they have my vote.

For what it's worth, a Poli Sci prof friend, a staunch Democrat, firmly
believes the Democrats lost because they mismanaged the election (his term),
not because the Republicans stole it.  O dear.