Are republican voters generally more stupid than democrats in the USA?

**rvg** · 08-31-2012, 01:22

Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV

It is a loaded question, that's how you generally get people interested in what you have to say.

Not if you actually expect to get an answer. Your question pre-supposes that democratic leaning voters are stupid and republican leaning voters are stupider. You won't get very far with a question like that.

**Kadagar_AV** · 08-31-2012, 01:33

Originally Posted by rvg

Not if you actually expect to get an answer. Your question pre-supposes that democratic leaning voters are stupid and republican leaning voters are stupider. You won't get very far with a question like that.

I pre-suppose that democratic voters are stupid?

I think you read a little too much into the title there... You wouldn't, by any chance, feel like being OT?

**rvg** · 08-31-2012, 01:39

OT?

**Kadagar_AV** · 08-31-2012, 01:45

Republican?

**Papewaio** · 08-31-2012, 02:06

50% of people have a below average IQ.

The bell curve is what would be interesting in this. It is possible to have a higher percentage at both extremes. So whilst there may be a higher percentage at the low end there can be more at the high end and still have the same average IQ in both sets of voters.

When we elect we should be going for the higher functional IQ/EQ etc set. So the group that is generating better politicians will get more votes.

End of the day you are voting for better politicians, you are not voting for your fellow voters. A functioning democracy is enhanced with smart informed active voters, it just doesn't rely on that... As long as who they elect make up for the voting pools deficiencies.

**Strike For The South** · 08-31-2012, 02:08

Your people make terrible meatballs

**Kadagar_AV** · 08-31-2012, 02:12

Originally Posted by Papewaio

50% of people have a below average IQ.

The bell curve is what would be interesting in this. It is possible to have a higher percentage at both extremes. So whilst there may be a higher percentage at the low end there can be more at the high end and still have the same average IQ in both sets of voters.

When we elect we should be going for the higher functional IQ/EQ etc set. So the group that is generating better politicians will get more votes.

End of the day you are voting for better politicians, you are not voting for your fellow voters. A functioning democracy is enhanced with smart informed active voters, it just doesn't rely on that... As long as who they elect make up for the voting pools deficiencies.

I get that.

That is not what scares me. The Akins duck as an example... My point is that somehow, somewhere, there has to be a factor explaining how it comes that republican voters have a whole other perspective on actual facts than the rest of the world.

What interests me, is what that factor is. Stupidity is, imho, a much to simple explanation, as I think, and science support me in this, that Americans percentage wise have roughly the same amount of stupid people as they have in, say, France.

**Strike For The South** · 08-31-2012, 02:16

You seem to be equating stupidity with "culture that isn't Swedish"

Of course there are the same amount of stupid people in France, they just support people like Le Pen instead of Akin

Now back to the slopes Johanssen