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A report published by the Lovenstein Institute of Scranton, Pennsylvania, UPDATED and corrected its prior 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 last 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 of presidential term:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [D] 132,
Harry S Truman [D] 122,
Dwight David Eisenhower [R] 142
John Fitzgerald Kennedy [D] 144,
Lyndon Baines Johnson [D] 126,
Richard Milhous Nixon [R] 155,
Gerald R. Ford [R] 128,
James Earle Carter [D] 125,
Ronald Wilson Reagan [R] 185
George Herbert Walker Bush [R] 141,
William Jefferson Clinton [D] 127,
George Walker Bush [R] 129
In order of IQ:
Ronald Wilson Reagan [R] 185
Richard Milhous Nixon [R] 155,
John Fitzgerald Kennedy [D] 144,
Dwight David Eisenhower [R] 142,
George Herbert Walker Bush [R] 141,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [D] 132,
George Walker Bush [R] 129
Gerald R. Ford [R] 128,
William Jefferson Clinton [D] 127,
Lyndon Baines Johnson [D] 126,
James Earle Carter [D] 125,
Harry S Truman [D] 122,
The six Republican presidents of the past 50 years had an average IQ of 146, with President Reagan having the highest at 185. President Gerald Ford rated the lowest of all the Republicans with an IQ of 128.
The six Democratic presidents of the past 50 years had an average IQ of 129, with President Kennedy having the highest IQ, at 144. President Harry Truman was rated the lowest of all the Democrats with an IQ of 122. No president other than Clinton [D] has released his actual IQ (127).
The complete report documents the methods and procedures used to arrive at these ratings, including depth of sentence structure and voice stress confidence analysis.
The Lovenstein Institute of Scranton is a Pennsylvania think tank of 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. |
