The chart that 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 the Ravens Advanced Progressive Matrices. The matrices are a product of The Test Agency, a well-known British publisher and distributor of psychometric tests, testing software and management training.

--------------------------AVG IQ---AVG Income--'00
(1) Connecticut..............113.........$26,979.........Gore
(2) Massachusetts..........111.........$24,059.........Gore
(3) New Jersey...............111........$26,457.........Gore
(4) New York.................109........$23,534..........Gore
(5) Rhode Island.............107........$20,299..........Gore
(6) Hawaii.....................106........$21,218..........Gore
(7) Maryland..................105.......$22,974..........Gore
(8) New Hampshire..........105.......$22,934..........Bush
(9) Illinois......................104.......$21,608..........Gore
(10) Delaware................103.......$21,451..........Gore
(11) Minnesota...............102.......$20,049..........Gore
(12) Vermont.................102.......$18,834..........Gore
(13) Washington..............102.......$20,398..........Gore
(14) California.................101.......$21,278..........Gore
(15) Pennsylvania.............101......$20,253..........Gore
(16) Maine......................100......$18,226...........Gore
(17) Virginia....................100......$20,629...........Bush
(18) Wisconsin.................100......$18,727...........Gore
(19) Colorado....................99......$20,124...........Bush
(20) Iowa.........................99......$18,287...........Gore
(21) Michigan....................99......$19,508...........Gore
(22) Nevada......................99......$20,266..........Bush
(23) Ohio..........................99......$18,624..........Bush
(24) Oregon......................99.......$18,202.........Gore
(25) Alaska.......................98.......$21,603..........Bush
(26) Florida......................98.......$19,397...........Bush
(27) Missouri....................98.......$18,835...........Bush
(28) Kansas.....................96.......$19,376...........Bush
(29) Nebraska..................95.......$19,084...........Bush
(30) Arizona.....................94.......$17,119...........Bush
(31) Indiana.....................94.......$18,043...........Bush
(32) Tennessee................94........$17,341..........Bush
(33) North Carolina............93........$17,667..........Bush
(34) West Virginia.............93........$15,065..........Bush
(35) Arkansas...................92.......$15,439...........Bush
(36) Georgia.....................92........$18,130..........Bush
(37) Kentucky...................92........$16,534..........Bush
(38) New Mexico...............92........$15,353..........Gore
(39) North Dakota.............92........$16,854..........Bush
(40) Texas.......................92........$17,892..........Bush
(41) Alabama....................90........$16,220..........Bush
(42) Louisiana...................90........$15,712..........Bush
(43) Montana....................90.........$16,062.........Bush
(44) Oklahoma...................90........$16,198..........Bush
(45) South Dakota..............90........$16,558..........Bush
(46) South Carolina.............89........$15,989..........Bush
(47) Wyoming....................89........$17,423..........Bush
(48) Idaho........................87........$16,067..........Bush
(49) Utah.........................87........$15,325..........Bush
(50) Mississippi..................85........$14,088..........Bush

This could be a joke. If so, it's a good one. No worse, certainly, than the outcome of the 2000 election.