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    Here's the thing though, I bet those people with high IQs are not just Democrats/ liberals but urban dwellers who get exposed to a whole different world than someone living in a little town somewhere.

    If you look at the IQ chart the states at the top tend to be more densely populated with big cities, while the states near the bottom like Idaho, South Dakota, and Montana are more or less vast expanses of countryland. Not a surprise that if you grow up in a farming town with 500 people your IQ might be slightly lower than someone who grows up in the middle of New York City. Of course small towns are also more religious and tend to vote Republican. Ironically if you go back 100 years the political affiliations were almost completely reversed and the small-town religious people voted almost completely for the Democrats while the city dwellers voted more for Republicans.


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    • you explained it, but it doesnt make it go awaydrgss
    • yeah, but the association between liberal-democrat, and conservative-republi...xcarlx
    • were not that clear before 1930's,
      remember, Lincoln was a republican, but would be considered a liberal today.      xcarlx
    • considered a liberal today.xcarlx
    • Yeah actually the big shift happened when Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Actukit
    • Teddy Roosevelt was also a republican, but was considered a progressive.xcarlx
    • i would say the shift started with the new deal.xcarlx
    • Not really http://www.100bestwe…ukit
    • You gotta consider that people like Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond were originally Democratsukit
    • They switched parties cause they were so pissed about equal rights being given to blacksukit
    • well the association between liberal democrat, and conservative republican began with the new deal.xcarlx
    • it all has to do with lase-fare economics vs Keynesian economics.xcarlx
    • it began there, didn't end there.xcarlx
    • Republicans are stupid and evil motherfuckers who deserve to die painfully....vaxorcist
    • the civil rights act sealed the deal.xcarlx
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