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PRESIDENTIAL IQ'S
Read every bit of this...the last sentence is a beautiful summary.
Presidential IQs:
A report published Monday, by the Lovenstein Institute of
Scranton, Pennsylvania, detailed its findings of a four month
study of the intelligence quotient of President George W.
Bush. Since 1973, the Lovenstein Institute has published its
research to the educational community on each new
president, which includes the famous "IQ" report among
others.
There have been twelve presidents over the past 50 years,
from F.D. Roosevelt to G.W. Bush, who were rated based
on scholarly achievements:
1. Writings that they produced without aid of staff.
2. Their ability to speak with clarity, and several other
psychological factors, which were then scored using the
Swanson/Crain System of intelligence ranking.
The study determined the following IQs of each
president as accurate to within five percentage points. In
order by presidential term:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [D] 142,
Harry S Truman [D] 132,
Dwight David Eisenhower [R] 122
John Fitzgerald Kennedy [D] 174,
Lyndon Baines Johnson [D] 126,
Richard Milhous Nixon [R] 155,
Gerald R. Ford [R] 121,
James Earle Carter [D] 175,
Ronald Wilson Reagan [R] 105
George Herbert Walker Bush [R] 98,
William Jefferson Clinton [D] 182,
George Walker Bush [R] 91
In order of IQ rating:
182 . . William Jefferson Clinton [D]
175 . . James Earle Carter [D]
174 . . John Fitzgerald Kennedy [D]
155 . . Richard Milhous Nixon [R]
147 . . Franklin Delano Roosevelt [D]
132 . . Harry S Truman [D]
126 . . Lyndon Baines Johnson [D]
122 . . Dwight David Eisenhower [R]
121 . . Gerald R. Ford [R]
105 . . Ronald Wilson Reagan [R]
098 . . George Herbert Walker Bush [R]
091 . . George Walker Bush [R]
The six Republican presidents of the past 50 years had
an average IQ of 115.5, with President Nixon having the
highest at 155. President George W. Bush rated the lowest
of all the Republicans with an IQ of 91.
The six Democratic presidents of the past 50 years had
an average IQ of 156, with President Clinton having the
highest IQ, at 182. President Lyndon B. Johnson was rated
the lowest of all the Democrats with an IQ of 126. No
president other than Carter [D] has released his actual IQ
(176). Note the institute measured him at 175.
Among comments made concerning the specific testing
of President G.W. Bush, his low ratings are due to his
apparently difficult command of the English language in
public statements, his limited use of vocabulary [6,500
words for Bush versus an average of 11,000 words for
other presidents], his lack of scholarly achievements
other than a basic MBA, and an absence of any body of
work which could be studied on an intellectual basis.
The complete report documents the methods and
procedures used to arrive at these ratings, including
depth of sentence structure and voice stress
confidence analysis.
"All the Presidents prior to George W. Bush had a
least one book under their belt, and most had written
several white papers during their education or early
careers. Not so with President Bush," Dr. Lovenstein
said. "He has no published works or writings, which
made it more difficult to arrive at an assessment. We
relied more heavily on transcripts of his unscripted
public speaking."
The Lovenstein Institute of Scranton, Pennsylvania
think tank includes high caliber historians, psychiatrists,
sociologists, scientists in human behavior, and
psychologists. Among their ranks are Dr. Werner R.
Lovenstein, world-renowned sociologist, and Professor
Patricia F.Dilliams, a world-respected psychiatrist. For
more information on the Lovenstein Institute, go to
http://lovenstein.org// .
The smartest president didn't know enough to
keep his pants zipped and the dumbest one thinks he
can run a war.
