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2/22    In 2000 and 2004 there were web sites that pointed out a graph
        that showed that States with higher average IQ voted D ("smart
        people voted for Gore and Kerry"), then there were a lot of
        other sites that debunked those charts as urban legend. Where can
        I find a definitive/authoritative source that shows how right/wrong
        those charts were?
        \_ There is no such source.  Causality is hard, and these sorts of
           claims are basically political bullshit. -- ilyas
        \_ http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/stateiq.asp
        \_ "States" don't have an IQ.  People do.  Very few people have ever
           had an IQ test.  IQ tests were originally designed to test children.
           Their application to adults is sketchy at best.  Need to know any
           more?
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The tests and data were administered via the Raven's APT, and The Test Agency, one of the UK's leading publishers and distributors of psychometric tests. This data has been published in the Economist and the St. Petersburg Times, though this does not mean it should be taken as fact. Origins: Some pranks are so good they keep working over and over again. chart which purportedly showed the average IQ per state in the US, along with the average income and a column indicating how that state voted in the 2000 presidential election. The gag was that all the states that voted for Vice-President Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election were clustered at the top of the IQ scale, while all the states that voted for then-Texas Governor George W Bush were clustered at the bottom. Economist) were taken in by the hoax -- some mistakenly citing the information as having come from the book IQ and the Wealth of Nations, or even IQ and the Wealth of States -- and published portions of the chart, and discussed it as if it were valid. If 2008 produces another close presidential election as 2000 and 2004 did, expect to see this same joke again four years from now. asp Urban Legends Reference Pages 1995-2008 by Barbara and David P Mikkelson This material may not be reproduced without permission. "Internet Hoax Tricks Mainstream Major: Not So Smart After All."