Aren’t liberal Democrats smarter, cooler, and better-educated than backward Republicans? Probably not, according to the research of law professor Ilya Somin:
Political Knowledge by Strength of Party Identification
2000 National Election Study
Self-Described Party Alignment / Average Political Knowledge Score
(Average number of correct answers on 31 point scale)“Strong Republican” / 18.7
“Independent-Republican” / 15.7
“Strong Democrat” / 15.4
“Independent-Democrat” / 14.2
“Weak Republican” / 14.1
“Weak Democrat” / 13.3
“Independent-Independent” / 9.5
The political knowledge score is based on a test you can see in this article. Another stereotype bites the dust.