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I'm actually quite glad I was away from my PC when I saw the results come in, otherwise this post would have been a lot more emotional and probably abusive.

Assuming that the whole thing wasn't just a giant cheating on the part of Bush and his cronies (see the Electronic Fraud thread for more on this), it appears that just over 50% of Americans voted for the monkey.

This is really quite disappointing, and has made me really wonder what the **** those people are thinking.

Here's a little research I have done on the distribution of votes versus state by state IQ scores:

104 IQ

New Hampshire
Kerry


103 IQ

Oregon
Kerry

Massachusetts
Kerry

Wisconsin
Kerry


102 IQ

Colorado
Bush

Connecticut
Kerry

Illinois
Kerry

Iowa
Bush

Kansas
Bush

Minnesota
Kerry

Montana
Bush

Nebraska
Bush

North Dakota
Bush

Oklahoma
Bush

Vermont
Kerry

Washington
Kerry

101 IQ

Alaska
Bush

Maryland
Kerry

Michigan
Kerry

Missouri
Bush

New York
Kerry

Ohio
Bush (well, apparently)

Utah
Bush

Wyoming
Bush


100 IQ

Arizona
Bush

California
Kerry

Idaho
Bush

Maine
Kerry

Nevada
Bush

New Jersey
Kerry

Pennsylvania
Kerry

Rhode Island
Kerry

South Dakota
Bush

Virginia
Bush

West Virginia
Bush


99 IQ

Delaware
Kerry

Hawaii
Kerry

Indiana
Bush


98 IQ


Florida
Bush

Arkansas
Bush


97 IQ

Alabama
Bush

Georgia
Bush

Kentucky
Bush

Louisiana
Bush

North Carolina
Bush

Tennessee
Bush

Texas
Bush


96 IQ


New Mexico
Bush


95 IQ

District of Columbia
Kerry


94 IQ

Mississippi
Bush

South Carolina
Bush

Now, as we drop below 100 (average IQ score), is anyone really surprised that we see all but three states voting for Bush?

yea I was quite surprised, although it doesn't really matter what non-americans think does it... plus, he's a Republican so I guess thats what gave him the edge

Well, simple fact is those states voted for him...they should really change that electral college vote system - interesting how 'morality' was the deciding factor...ummm...morality? lol

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Changing the electoral college wouldn't have made much difference, the reps almost never cast a vote against the state's outcome.

What would make a big difference is if there was some middle ground political system. Almost exactly half the country favoured each candidate, and the country should be run as such. God knows how they'd do that though.

they would have to make ammendments to the constitution, which may take some time.

But the electorial college system works by not letting certain concentrated states which share the same view, have too much power. What I mean is that California for example has the largest population, if they all favoured 1 party, that would give them considerable power, whereas now, they just need half the population (or half the voters)

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Originally Posted by tavarish_ed

they would have to make ammendments to the constitution, which may take some time.

But the electorial college system works by not letting certain concentrated states which share the same view, have too much power. What I mean is that California for example has the largest population, if they all favoured 1 party, that would give them considerable power, whereas now, they just need half the population (or half the voters)

You what?