{"id":676,"date":"2004-05-05T08:31:29","date_gmt":"2004-05-05T15:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2004\/05\/the_spectrum_from_blue_to_red\/"},"modified":"2004-05-05T08:31:29","modified_gmt":"2004-05-05T15:31:29","slug":"the_spectrum_from_blue_to_red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2004\/05\/the_spectrum_from_blue_to_red.html","title":{"rendered":"THE SPECTRUM FROM BLUE TO RED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>The&nbsp;chart that&nbsp;explains it all for you: A state by state tabulation of the average<br \/>\nIQ, income and winning presidential candidate in the 2000 election, according to&nbsp;the <A\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.testagency.com\/viewpage.asp?id=8\"><B><EM><FONT\ncolor=#003399>Ravens Advanced Progressive Matrices<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>.&nbsp;The<br \/>\nmatrices are&nbsp;a product of&nbsp;The Test Agency, a well-known British publisher and<br \/>\ndistributor of psychometric tests, testing software and management&nbsp;training.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;AVG IQ&#8212;AVG Income&#8212;&#8212;-&#8217;00<BR><FONT color=#3300cc>(1)<br \/>\nConnecticut&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;113&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$26,979&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(2)<br \/>\nMassachusetts&#8230;..111&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$24,059&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(3) New<br \/>\nJersey&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.111&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$26,457&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(4) New<br \/>\nYork&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.109&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$23,534&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(5) Rhode<br \/>\nIsland&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;107&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$20,299&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(6)<br \/>\nHawaii&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..106&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$21,218&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(7)<br \/>\nMaryland&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..105&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$22,974&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<\/FONT><BR><FONT color=#ff0000>(8) New<br \/>\nHampshire&#8230;&#8230;105&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$22,934&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Bush<\/FONT><BR><FONT color=#3300cc>(9)<br \/>\nIllinois&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;104&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$21,608&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(10)<br \/>\nDelaware&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.103&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$21,451&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(11)<br \/>\nMinnesota&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;102&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$20,049&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Gore<BR>(12)<br \/>\nVermont&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..102&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$18,834&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(13)<br \/>\nWashington&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.102&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$20,398&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(14)<br \/>\nCalifornia&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.101&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$21,278&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(15)<br \/>\nPennsylvania&#8230;&#8230;..101&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$20,253&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR>(16)<br \/>\nMaine&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..100&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$18,226&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore<BR><\/FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>(17)<br \/>\nVirginia&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;100&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$20,629&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Bush<BR><\/FONT><FONT color=#3300cc>(18)<br \/>\nWisconsin&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;100&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$18,727&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Gore<BR><\/FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>(19)<br \/>\nColorado&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;99&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$20,124&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR><\/FONT><FONT color=#3300cc>(20)<br \/>\nIowa&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..99&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$18,287&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Gore<BR>(21)<br \/>\nMichigan&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;99&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$19,508&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Gore<\/FONT><BR><FONT color=#ff0000>(22)<br \/>\nNevada&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..99&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$20,266&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(23)<br \/>\nOhio&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;99&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$18,624&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<\/FONT><BR><FONT color=#3300cc>(24)<br \/>\nOregon&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;99&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$18,202&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Gore<\/FONT><BR><FONT color=#ff0000>(25)<br \/>\nAlaska&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.98&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$21,603&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(26)<br \/>\nFlorida&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.98&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$19,397&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(27)<br \/>\nMissouri&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..98&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$18,835&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(28)<br \/>\nKansas&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;96&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$19,376&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(29)<br \/>\nNebraska&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;95&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$19,084&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(30)<br \/>\nArizona&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..94&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$17,119&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(31)<br \/>\nIndiana&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..94&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$18,043&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(32)<br \/>\nTennessee&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;94&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$17,341&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Bush<BR>(33) North<br \/>\nCarolina&#8230;&#8230;..93&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$17,667&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(34) West<br \/>\nVirginia&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;93&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$15,065&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Bush<BR>(35)<br \/>\nArkansas&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;92&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$15,439&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(36)<br \/>\nGeorgia&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..92&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$18,130&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(37)<br \/>\nKentucky&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;92&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$16,534&#8230;&#8230;..Bush<\/FONT><BR><FONT color=#3300cc>(38) New<br \/>\nMexico&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;92&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$15,353&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Gore<BR><\/FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>(39) North<br \/>\nDakota&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.92&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$16,854&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(40)<br \/>\nTexas&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..92&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$17,892&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(41)<br \/>\nAlabama&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..90&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$16,220&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(42)<br \/>\nLouisiana&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.90&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$15,712&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Bush<BR>(43)<br \/>\nMontana&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..90&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$16,062&#8230;&#8230;..Bush<BR>(44)<br \/>\nOklahoma&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.90&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$16,198&#8230;&#8230;..Bush<BR>(45) South<br \/>\nDakota&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..90&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$16,558&#8230;&#8230;..Bush<BR>(46) South<br \/>\nCarolina&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.89&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$15,989&#8230;&#8230;..Bush<BR>(47)<br \/>\nWyoming&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..89&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$17,423&#8230;&#8230;..Bush<BR>(48)<br \/>\nIdaho&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.87&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$16,067&#8230;&#8230;..Bush<BR>(49)<br \/>\nUtah&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..87&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$15,325&#8230;&#8230;..Bush<BR>(50)<br \/>\nMississippi&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.85&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$14,088&#8230;&#8230;..Bush<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P>This could be a joke. If so, it&#8217;s a good one. No worse, certainly, than the outcome of the 2000<br \/>\nelection.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Postscript:<\/STRONG> And <A class=inline\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/archives20040501.shtml#78118\"\ntarget='new\"'><B><EM><FONT color=#003399>a joke it is<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;chart that&nbsp;explains it all for you: A state by state tabulation of the average IQ, income and winning presidential candidate in the 2000 election, according to&nbsp;the Ravens Advanced Progressive Matrices.&nbsp;The matrices are&nbsp;a product of&nbsp;The Test Agency, a well-known British publisher and distributor of psychometric tests, testing software and management&nbsp;training. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;AVG IQ&#8212;AVG Income&#8212;&#8212;-&#8217;00(1) Connecticut&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;113&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$26,979&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore(2) Massachusetts&#8230;..111&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;$24,059&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Gore(3) New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-aU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}