IQ's of Bush vs Kerry voters - a smart analysis
This table includes both
weighting by population and by reasonable estimates of voting racial group IQ's. It seems to be a more accurate picture than analysis by state. Below, ethnic differences calculate to 3.5 higher IQ points for the average Bush voter.
VOTE BY RACE** |
BUSH |
KERRY |
NADER |
voter IQ Avg* |
Bush voters |
Kerry voters |
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TOTAL |
Bush % |
Bush vote |
Kerry % |
Kerry vote |
Nader |
IQ x vote |
IQ x vote |
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58% |
51,720,692 |
41% |
36,561,178 |
0% |
103 |
5,327,231,226 |
3,765,801,384 |
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White (77%) |
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11% |
1,401,300 |
88% |
11,210,396 |
0% |
85 |
119,110,460 |
952,883,676 |
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African-American (11%) |
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44% |
4,076,508 |
53% |
4,910,339 |
2% |
89 |
362,809,186 |
437,020,156 |
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Latino (8%) |
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44% |
1,019,127 |
56% |
1,297,071 |
106 |
108,027,454 |
137,489,487 |
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Asian (2%) |
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40% |
926,479 |
54% |
1,250,747 |
2% |
100 |
92,647,902 |
125,074,668 |
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Other (2%) |
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Actual vote: |
Computed vote |
Computed vote |
Sum |
6,009,826,228 |
5,418,269,371 |
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59,459,765 |
Bush |
59,144,105 |
55,229,731 |
Divide by vote |
59,144,105 |
55,229,731 |
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55,949,407 |
Kerry |
Avg IQ |
101.6 |
98.1 |
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400,706 |
Nader |
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115,809,878 |
Total |
* http://www.sq.4mg.com/IQ-Jews.htm |
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** http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html |
Because 4 of the 5 ethnic voting percents in this utilized CNN webpage do not add up to 100, the Computed votes in the chart are somewhat less than the Actual votes for each candidate. This does not affect the Avg. IQ results, since the computed votes used are later divided out in the calculation.
The chart above came with this email:
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ChiTownMBA@aol.com |
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Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:24:28 EST |
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IQ Scores Kerry v Bush - - who is REALLY smarter? |
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