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In reply to the discussion: What do you think is the IQ of your average Trump supporter? [View all]DemocratSinceBirth
(99,988 posts)12. I'm not suggesting I Q tests should be linked to driver's licenses or any licensure.
I am suggesting that a person who scores below seventy on an I Q test is going to be hard pressed to pass a written exam to get a driver's license.
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What do you think is the IQ of your average Trump supporter? [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
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I believe 70 is that number that should you fall below you couldn't pass a driver's test.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#2
I'm not suggesting I Q tests should be linked to driver's licenses or any licensure.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#12
When I was in grad school the smartest person I knew read Wittgenstein for fun.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#22
No, I'm just saying it wouldn't surprise me if she scored "average" on an intelligence test.
dawg
Sep 2017
#32
According to a study linked here yesterday, the average Trump voter is white. Period.
yardwork
Sep 2017
#8
This is not about IQ. It's about self-delusion and authoritarian and racist preferences.
DetlefK
Sep 2017
#10
Not to mention, there is no such thing as race. It is a mental construct, nothing more.
L. Coyote
Sep 2017
#42
The psychiatrist actually nailed my IQ just by asking me to interpret several metaphors
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#53
I think stereotyping Trump voters as dumb is incorrect and possibly harmful.
Oneironaut
Sep 2017
#46
Average Americans. Many wealthy and poor, educated and not. Just weird intersectional backgrounds!
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2017
#55
I don't think it's an IQ thing. trump ran a bigoted campaign, and people went with it.
LuvLoogie
Sep 2017
#56