[bogle]

Perhaps you could use the word "idiot" and refer to them as "idiots". The term has been used in a medico-legal context in the past to define a person's mental age.

That there is a divide between the two parties and the average intellectual ability of their supporters is a well-known fact. I'd contest that this is less of an issue than their racism.

[econ40432]

Engineering students are actually more conservative than a group like communications majors. Are communications majors smarter?

[bogle]

I was moving the point away from a measure of smartness to one of racism. I do hope you haven't just damned all the other engineers on HN!

[DeathArrow]

So you really think more than half of the Americans are mentally impaired? The probability of being mentally impaired is higher for a random poster like you than for half of American people.

[bogle]

Your understanding of statistics is deplorable. Also, your reading ability. I specifically said it's racism, rather than the (verifiable) lack of intelligence.