This I think explains it all:
source: http://americanassembler.com/features/iq_state_averages.htm
This chart is derived from taking the Ravens Advanced Progressive Matrices of average IQ by state (Source:IQ and the Wealth of Nations) then simply applying that state's election results from the 2000 presidential election.
- Connecticut 113 Gore
- Massachusetts 111 Gore
- New Jersey 111 Gore
- New York 109 Gore
- Rhode Island 107 Gore
- Hawaii 106 Gore
- Maryland 105 Gore
- New Hampshire 105 Bush
- Illinois 104 Gore
- Delaware 103 Gore
- Minnesota 102 Gore
- Vermont 102 Gore
- Washington 102 Gore
- California 101 Gore
- Pennsylvania 101 Gore
- Maine 100 Gore
- Virginia 100 Bush
- Wisconsin 100 Gore
- Colorado 99 Bush
- Iowa 99 Gore
- Michigan 99 Gore
- Nevada 99 Bush
- Ohio 99 Bush
- Oregon 99 Gore
- Alaska 98 Bush
- Florida 98 Gore
- Missouri 98 Bush
- Kansas 96 Bush
- Nebraska 95 Bush
- Arizona 94 Bush
- Indiana 94 Bush
- Tennessee 94 Bush
- North Carolina 93 Bush
- West Virginia 93 Bush
- Arkansas 92 Bush
- Georgia 92 Bush
- Kentucky 92 Bush
- New Mexico 92 Gore
- North Dakota 92 Bush
- Texas 92 Bush
- Alabama 90 Bush
- Louisiana 90 Bush
- Montana 90 Bush
- Oklahoma 90 Bush
- South Dakota 90 Bush
- South Carolina 89 Bush
- Wyoming 89 Bush
- Idaho 87 Bush
- Utah 87 Bush
- Mississippi 85 Bush