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People tend to overestimate their own competence (and I suppose intelligence), so they must also see anyone who agrees with them as being of high intelligence t
by Hondor 10y ago
People tend to overestimate their own competence (and I suppose intelligence), so they must also see anyone who agrees with them as being of high intelligence too. That means we think the politicians we vote for are smart. It's just the ones other people vote for that aren't.
Nobody will say "I want X but I'm not very smart so the politician who promises X is also not very smart and I won't vote for him."
- icebraining 10y agoI don't think so; for example, back in 2004, a poll showed that way more people considered Kerry intelligent compared to Bush. Yet Bush was seen as more decisive and made more people "feel more optimistic about the future". http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2004-07-14/poll-bush-is-decisive-kerry-is-intelligent/ http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2004-07-14/poll...