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The reality is that IQ has less to do with it than information. Everyone attempts to vote their self-interest with the information that they have.
A dirty secret of politics is that you can't know what information you don't have unless you spend significant time on both sides.
But even then, there is a lot of hidden politics and history that makes having accurate political perspective difficult for everyone.
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The reality is that IQ has less to do with it than information. Everyone attempts to vote their self-interest with the information that they have.
A dirty secret of politics is that you can't know what information you don't have unless you spend significant time on both sides.
But even then, there is a lot of hidden politics and history that makes having accurate political perspective difficult for everyone.