I'm not a political fanatic and hardly even interested in politics at all, but the following struck me as a bit too interesting to pass up.
A co-worker mentioned an article today about States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest. What I noticed is what states were listed first in the top 10 (in order): Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, Wisconsin, New York, Minnesota, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Montana.
Of the top 10 smartest states, the top 7 voted Democratic! The 8th narrowly won for the Republicans with the 9th state again being democratic and the 10th being Republican.
Maybe, like sport playoffs, only the top 10 states should make it to the final voting. It would at least provide some incentive for states to improve and move up to the top 10.