Proof

"Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated … At the individual level of analysis, conservatism scores correlate negatively with SAT, vocabulary, and analogy test scores. At the national level of analysis, conservatism scores correlate negatively with measures of education … and performance on mathematics and reading assessments."

http://www.torrentreactor.net/torrents/3095455/Conervatism-and-Cognitive-Ability-Lazar-Stankov

Dance monkeys, dance.

>>21
"At the national level of analysis, conservatism scores correlate negatively with measures of education … and performance on mathematics and reading assessments."
No one has, or has even claimed to have addressed cause. But thanks for more data.

>>22
Lol at comparing ethnicity to political orientation.  SAT scores and "measures of education … and performance on mathematics and reading assessments." are reliable indicators in context.