A message to those who think that someday they will benefit from GOP upper tax rates.

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49. Don't think. Google.

Top states by IQ:

"In 2006, a company called Morgan Quitno developed the Smartest State Award.

Compare this list to the one below it, called McDaniel's Estimated Average IQ Score (2004). There seems to be some correlation between the smart-states list and the average-IQ-score-by-state list. However, don't take these results too seriously. IQ testing has been widely criticized as being too generalized, and NOT a valid assessment of anything too important."

1. VERMONT (Blue)
2. MASSACHUSETTS (Blue)
3. CONNECTICUT (Blue)
4. NEW JERSEY (Blue-ish with a red blotch in Trenton)
5. MAINE (Blue with a red spot in the governor's mansion)
6. VIRGINIA (Purple)
7. MONTANA (Red with blue highlights)
8. WISCONSIN (Don't ask)
9. IOWA (Blue)
10. PENNSYLVANIA (Blue-ish)
11. NEBRASKA (Deep Red)
12. NEW HAMPSHIRE (Purple)
13. MINNESOTA (Blue and Bachmann)
14. RHODE ISLAND (Blue)
15. KANSAS (Blood Red)

McDaniel's Estimated Average IQ Score by State
1. MASSACHUSETTS........................................104.3
2. NEW HAMPSHIRE..........................................104.2
3. NORTH DAKOTA............................................103.8
4. VERMONT....................................................103.8
5. MINNESOTA.................................................103.7
6. MONTANA....................................................103.4
7. MAINE.........................................................103.4
8. IOWA..........................................................103.2
9. CONNECTICUT...............................................103.1
10. WISCONSIN.................................................102.9
11. KANSAS......................................................102.8
12. SOUTH DAKOTA............................................102.8
13. NEW JERSEY................................................102.8
14. WYOMING....................................................102.4
15. NEBRASKA....................................................102.3

Blue, in general, means higher IQ, and the smartest Reds tend to be in the Great Plains. They just don't vote smart.