Quote Originally Posted by XTC
I believe that study is BS. The state as a whole didn't all take IQ tests, not to mention IQ tests are bias. Different people have different opinions is all that leads up to Red/Blue states.
The study that you are referencing is posted on mindfully.org - non profit (so non buyable) organistaion.
IO numbers are from IQ And The Wealth Of Nations, although not in the current edition. Tests and data by Raven's APT, and The Test Agency, one of the UK's leading publishers and distributors of psychometric tests. Data were published in The Economist and the St Petersburg.
There's another part referencing SAT averages as part of the scale.

"I'm not sure in the light of the last four years whether the Bush team have got the skills to heal a divided America.

"Not only do we have a divided America but also we have a president who is highly polarising in his approach to world politics"

FORMER FOREIGN SECRETARY, ROBIN COOK