My brother just did an interesting analysis of the correlation between the smartest states and their voting intentions.
States Ranked: Smartest to Educationally-challenged
The smartest state in the union for the second consecutive year is Massachusetts.
The most "challenged", for the third year in a row, is New Mexico.
These are the findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of hundreds of public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on a variety of factors based on how they compare to the national average. These included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence.
1. Massachusetts (Kerry)
2. Connecticut (Kerry)
3. Vermont (Kerry)
4. New Jersey (Kerry)
5. Wisconsin (Kerry)
6. New York (Kerry)
7. Minnesota (Kerry)
8. Iowa (Tie)
9. Pennsylvania (Kerry)
10. Montana (Bush)
11. Maine (Kerry)
12. Virginia (Bush)
13. Nebraska (Bush)
14. New Hampshire (Kerry)
15. Kansas (Bush)
16. Wyoming (Bush)
17. Indiana (Bush)
18. Maryland (Kerry)
19. North Dakota (Bush)
20. Ohio (Bush)
21. Colorado (Bush)
22. South Dakota (Bush)
23. Rhode Island (Kerry)
24. Illinois (Kerry)
25. North Carolina (Bush)
26. Missouri (Bush)
27. Delaware (Kerry)
28. Utah (Bush)
29. Idaho (Bush)
30. Washington (Kerry)
31. Michigan (Kerry)
32. South Carolina (Bush)
33. Texas (Bush)
33. West Virginia (Bush)
35. Oregon (Kerry)
36. Arkansas (Bush)
37. Kentucky (Bush)
38. Georgia (Bush)
39. Florida (Tie
40. Oklahoma (Bush)
41. Tennessee (Bush)
42. Hawaii (Kerry)
43. California (Kerry)
44. Alabama (Bush)
45. Alaska (Bush)
46. Louisiana (Bush)
47. Mississippi (Bush)
48. Arizona (Bush)
49. Nevada (Kerry)
50. New Mexico (Kerry)
Sources : netscape.cnn
electoral-vote.com
Andre
Digital Apoptosis
