# Liberals are more intelligent

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-are-more-intelligent/530582>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 26, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-are-more-intelligent/530582 "2010-02-26T23:01:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Yersenia\_Pestis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e495f1/32.png) [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-are-more-intelligent/530582/1 "2010-02-26T23:01:43Z")

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Here’s some more fuel to add this argument, which is obvious to many (like me) and controversial to others:

> **[Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/26/liberals.atheists.sex.intelligence/index.html?hpt=C2)**
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> Political, religious and sexual behaviors may be reflections of intelligence, a new study finds.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-are-more-intelligent/530582/2 "2010-02-26T23:06:33Z")

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No basis for debate here, wrong forum. I mean, _tres duh_! Liberals are smart, radicals are geniuses. So it goes.

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-are-more-intelligent/530582/3 "2010-02-26T23:15:08Z")

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Is this a repeat of this thread? [New Study: Liberal Atheists = Smartest People - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553609)

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**Author:** ![Yersenia\_Pestis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e495f1/32.png) [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-are-more-intelligent/530582/4 "2010-02-27T00:01:06Z")

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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> Is this a repeat of this thread? [New Study: Liberal Atheists = Smartest People - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553609)

Yup, you’re right, sorry for the repeat

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-are-more-intelligent/530582/5 "2010-02-27T00:19:22Z")

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> [@Yersenia\_Pestis](#):
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> Yup, you’re right, sorry for the repeat

Hmmm… That wasn’t very intelligent - not checking the forum beforehand…

Just sayin’

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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-are-more-intelligent/530582/6 "2010-02-27T00:44:02Z")

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> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> Hmmm… That wasn’t very intelligent - not checking the forum beforehand…
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> Just sayin’

Well, this sort of thing always comes down to averages…and there are outliers.

(Edited to hastily say I’m not saying that I’m any better.)