Show Of Hands asked: 12/11/2011
Do you think each successive generation of Americans is getting, on average, smarter or dumber than the previous generation?
Smarter Dumber
Smarter Dumber
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Smarter Dumber
38% 62%
13,186 Votes
38% 62%
Gender
MF
40% 5512 small pie chart
36% 3782 small pie chart
Age
<2121-40>40 20%39%38%
20% 5 small pie chart
39% 3771 small pie chart
38% 5230 small pie chart
Income
<50k50-100k>100k 36%38%43%
36% 2352 small pie chart
38% 2502 small pie chart
43% 2542 small pie chart
Party
DemocratRepublicanIndependentLibertarian 45%36%39%32%
45% 2263 small pie chart
36% 2813 small pie chart
39% 2469 small pie chart
32% 494 small pie chart
Alaska (40 votes)
40% 60%
Alaska
(40 votes)
40% 60%
Alabama
(113 votes)
32% 68%
Arkansas
(92 votes)
34% 66%
Arizona
(187 votes)
40% 60%
California
(990 votes)
38% 62%
Colorado
(222 votes)
37% 63%
Connecticut
(114 votes)
40% 60%
Wash. D.C.
(26 votes)
57% 43%
Delaware
(27 votes)
48% 52%
Florida
(527 votes)
32% 68%
Georgia
(298 votes)
41% 59%
Guam
(1 votes)
100%
Hawaii
(23 votes)
26% 74%
Iowa
(82 votes)
43% 57%
Idaho
(52 votes)
46% 54%
Illinois
(388 votes)
38% 62%
Indiana
(206 votes)
36% 64%
Kansas
(83 votes)
38% 62%
Kentucky
(149 votes)
41% 59%
Louisiana
(113 votes)
32% 68%
Mass.
(231 votes)
47% 53%
Maryland
(162 votes)
39% 61%
Maine
(43 votes)
51% 49%
Michigan
(260 votes)
38% 62%
Minnesota
(210 votes)
45% 55%
Missouri
(186 votes)
37% 63%
Mississippi
(56 votes)
37% 63%
Montana
(31 votes)
35% 65%
N. Carolina
(300 votes)
41% 59%
N. Dakota
(18 votes)
38% 62%
Nebraska
(64 votes)
35% 65%
N. Hampshire
(52 votes)
44% 56%
New Jersey
(239 votes)
44% 56%
New Mexico
(48 votes)
22% 78%
Nevada
(72 votes)
38% 62%
New York
(446 votes)
37% 63%
Ohio
(459 votes)
39% 61%
Oklahoma
(129 votes)
40% 60%
Oregon
(161 votes)
39% 61%
Penn.
(395 votes)
38% 62%
Puerto Rico
(7 votes)
28% 72%
R. Island
(36 votes)
41% 59%
S. Carolina
(135 votes)
45% 55%
South Dakota
(28 votes)
32% 68%
Tennessee
(201 votes)
34% 66%
Texas
(783 votes)
35% 65%
Utah
(150 votes)
40% 60%
Virginia
(353 votes)
40% 60%
Virgin Is.
(0 votes)
100%
Vermont
(19 votes)
57% 43%
Washington
(307 votes)
42% 58%
Wisconsin
(169 votes)
40% 60%
W. Virginia
(55 votes)
29% 71%
Wyoming
(29 votes)
31% 69%
Last updated: 2024-03-28T16:07:10+00:00