Republicans are used to thinking of Democrats as dumb. Democrats are used to thinking of Republicans as dumb. I got bored last week and decided to see if either side is right, so I took a little informal survey. Over the course of a slow half day at work, I got the political affiliations and AFQT (ASVAB score) of 18 registered voters. I used the ASVAB (Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery) as a measure of intelligence because pretty much everyone around here has taken it, and in my personal experience, scores seem to correlate pretty well with how sharp people are.

The sample included 17 Seabees and one soldier who happened to stop by my shop. I encountered 9 Republicans, 7 independents, and 2 Democrats. The average AFQT (Armed Forces Test Quotient) of the Republicans was 76. The average for independents was 72, and the average for Democrats was 56.

Sample size is a potential problem here, as there were only two Democrats, and 50% could not remember their AFQT, meaning my average for Democrats was based on one subject.

Discuss.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

You must have been very bored.

Great. Time to beat a dead horse again.

edit: add pic that shows one presidential race and the states as a whole voted for. Very limited also.

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1992 750il / 17k miles - project car

Lets see: Clinton or Bush? I think eight years of Bush tells the story.

ya think??

Is that test the one where they show you a picture of a hammer, a screwdriver, and a flower and the question is "Which item is NOT a tool?"

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04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

...and if you try to eat the test, you fail.

I hate those trick questions...

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Wait a minute. Joe Biden said that Obama could not 'connect' to the American people because he was so brilliant. In other words, the American public, according to Biden, are stupid and if it weren't for the 'brilliant' leadership of an admitted disconnected leader, we'd all DIE!

He may be overestimating the intelligence of the american public.

Not true, I conducted my own survey of 3 people, personally guessed their IQ based on outward appearance (I estimate that this correlates pretty well with how sharp people are) and it turns out the one guy who was a republican was wayyyyyyy dumber than the other two by about 20 points, which gives conclusive evidence towards reps being much dumber than the rest of the world. Sample size could be a potential problem here, since the other two were independents.

I'm glad you found something to do with your time

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

I interviewed my two dogs and my cat. The cat, who claims to be an independent, is much smarter than either dog, who's political preferences are unclear. When I'm done interviewing my daughter's pet chinchilla I will publish my results.

chinchillas are well known liars; I suggest that you use enhanced interrogation techniques on him in an effort to get the truth. It wont hold up in court, but who cares?

AMAZING .. and NOT in a GOOD Way ..

All these people are roaming free in society...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KO...layer_embedded


Zogby Poll

512 Obama Voters 11/13/08-11/15/08 MOE +/- 4.4 points

97.1% High School Graduate or higher, 55% College Graduates

Results to 12 simple Multiple Choice Questions

57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)

71.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)

82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)

88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)

56.1% could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).

And yet.....

Only 13.7% failed to identify Sarah Palin as the person on which their party spent $150,000 in clothes

Only 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughter

And 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her "house," even though that was Tina Fey who said that!!

Only 2.4% got at least 11 correct.

Only .5% got all of them correct. (And we "gave" one answer that was technically not Palin, but actually Tina Fey)

That was a poll question? I think I would have gotten that one "wrong" as well.

LOL, this sounds like a very credible poll.

One can only hope the US would fix it's energy policy to both reduce coal consumption and increase energy prices to a reasonable level; unfortunately, the current administration is unlikely to do either.