Are Conservatives Dumber Than Liberals?

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Are Conservatives Dumber Than Liberals?

Postby Bob Of Burleson » Sat Jun 14, 2014 7:37 am

It depends on how you define "conservative." The research
shows classical liberals/libertarians are smartest of all.


By Ronald Bailey
Reason.com

Conservatives exhibit less cognitive ability than liberals do. Or that's what it says in the social science literature, anyway.

A 2010 study using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, for example, found that the IQs of young adults who described themselves as "very liberal" averaged 106.42, whereas the mean of those who identified as "very conservative" was 94.82. Similarly, when a 2009 study correlated cognitive capacity with political beliefs among 1,254 community college students and 1,600 foreign students seeking entry to U.S. universities, it found that conservatism is "related to low performance on cognitive ability tests."

In 2012, a paper reported that people endorse more conservative views when drunk or under cognitive pressure; it concluded that "political conservatism may be a process consequence of low-effort thought."

So have social scientists really proved that conservatives are dumber than liberals? It depends crucially on how you define "conservative."

For an inkling of what some social scientists think conservatives believe, parse a 2008 study by the University of Nevada at Reno sociologist Markus Kemmelmeier. To probe the political and social beliefs of nearly 7,000 undergraduates at an elite university, Kemmelmeier devised a set of six questions asking whether abortion, same-sex marriage, and gay sex should be legal, whether handguns and racist/sexist speech on campus should be banned, and whether higher taxes should be imposed on the wealthy. The first three were supposed to measure the students' views of "conservative gender roles," and the second set was supposed to gauge their "anti-regulation" beliefs. Kemmelmeier clearly thought that "liberals" would tend to be OK with legal abortion, same-sex marriage, and gay sex, and would opt to ban handguns and offensive speech and to tax the rich. Conservatives would supposedly hold the opposite views.

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Re: Are Conservatives Dumber Than Liberals?

Postby Mark » Sat Jun 14, 2014 8:23 am

All Leftists are stupid and/or evil.
The United States Constitution is under attack by the Democrat/Communist party.

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Indeed, "All Leftists lack critical thinking skills."

Indeed, "All Leftist males are pussies."

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Re: Are Conservatives Dumber Than Liberals?

Postby Red Oak » Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:05 am

Leftists must be smarter, they are sooooo smart they want to run everything; into the ground.
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Re: Are Conservatives Dumber Than Liberals?

Postby bodine » Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:38 am

Maybe so; seems like one of their preferred tactics is name calling...

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Re: Are Conservatives Dumber Than Liberals?

Postby GFB » Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:39 am

Oh yes..the smart people voted for Obama..and Ted Kennedy..and Joe Biden..and that fake Indian lady..and Sheila Jackson Lee...DEFINITELY!!
If you’re “woke”..you’re a loser.

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Re: Are Conservatives Dumber Than Liberals?

Postby Ryan » Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:42 am

IQ and common sense are two different things.

My best friend is a liberal and a genius. He would walk into an open man-hole if you didn't warn him.


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