Those guys are Marginal Revolution already got to that Economist article: http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2004/05/iq_hoax.html
Also, I was thinking of an endogeneity problem here. If you are in a state with lots of marital and family value type problems, you are more likely to support the republican platform that claims to solve these. If you are in Massachusetts, you are less likely to know someone affected by these problems and thus have little reason to put much weight on that when choosing a candidate. Regards, Jason Quoting William Dickens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Actually, the Economist ran an article a while back suggesting a strong > correlation between the average IQ in a state and the fraction voting > for Gore in 2000. Higher IQ people are more likely to marry and less > likely to divorce. They are also less likely to have kids out of > wedlock. Perhaps this explains what you are finding? - - Bill Dickens > > >>> Jason DeBacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/05/04 06:21PM >>> > This doesn't agree with my prior, but a quick search turned up this: > http://www.divorcereform.org/94staterates.html Where 12 of the top 14 > states > in > terms of low divorce rates were blue in 2000 and 2004 (with the > exception of > Iowa, this year)-- and 26 of the bottom 28 were red in 2000 and 2004 > (with the > exception of New Mexico). > > I don't know if it will explain away all the difference, but you can't > get > divorced unless you are married, and those that are married are more > likely to > be Republican. Also, if you have a child, you are more likely to be a > Republican and if you have an out of wedlock birth, you have a child > (and you > didn't have an abortion). > > Older people are also more likely to be Republican, increasing the time > and > thus > the chances of having a marital problem or a unexpected pregnancy, as > long as > the probability of either is not zero for Republicans. > > So the propensity of Democrats to get divorced or have an out of > wedlock birth > may be higher when you control for time married, age, and whether or > not you > have had a child. > > Both divorce and out of wedlock childern are correlated with low > income, I'd > guess. Does anyone know if Democrats have higher incomes that > Republicans once > you control for age, race, religion, etc? > > Regards, > Jason >
