Project Vote Smart (PVS) is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States. It covers candidates and elected officials in six basic areas: background information, issue positions (via the Political Courage Test), voting records, campaign finances, interest group ratings, and speeches and public statements. [...]
Four years ago, I did some analysis of the voting of US states by their average IQ. It found that John Kerry won the 16 most “intelligent” US states, while George W. won the 26 least intelligent. A similar analysis of the Democratic voting this time around is less conclusive. Of the 25 states that [...]