"Childhood IQ link to voting options"

[rhythmaning]

From the Scotsman: Cleverer children are more likely to vote for the Green Party or the Liberal Democrats in a general election as adults, research has suggested.

Actually, it doesn't sound like a particularly good piece of research.

"The researchers found people who reported voting in 2001 for the Green Party and Liberal Democrats had the highest average childhood intelligence scores.

Those who were cleverer were also more likely to take part in rallies and demonstrations, to sign petitions, and to be more interested in politics generally."

It's in the Times Online, too: Brainy children ‘likely to vote Green’. Though actually it is both LibDem AND Green.

Comments

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

I guess their actually voting successfully will depend on how sober they are at the time.

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

Hee!