IQ to party correlation?

It looks like standardized test scores do line up a little bit with a state's likelyhood to vote against George W. Bush. However, they don't line up nearly as much as is seen in the internet's other tables from the 2000 and 2004 elections. What i find interesting is that this slight coincidence is only really present in elections involving George W. Bush. Previous close elections split completely differently, with Democrats winning the South if we go back far enough. Sometimes, they even won Texas!

State ACT IQ* 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008
New Hampshire 22.5 104 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Bush Kerry Obama
Oregon 22.7 103 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Dukakis Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Wisconsin 22.2 103 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Dukakis Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Massachusetts 21.9 103 Kennedy Johnson Humphrey McGovern Carter Reagan Reagan Dukakis Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Washington 22.4 102 Nixon Johnson Humphrey Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Dukakis Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Vermont 22.2 102 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Iowa 22.0 102 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Dukakis Clinton Clinton Gore Bush Obama
Minnesota 22.0 102 Kennedy Johnson Humphrey Nixon Carter Carter Mondale Dukakis Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Montana 21.8 102 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Dole Bush Bush McCain
Nebraska 21.7 102 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
Kansas 21.6 102 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
Colorado 21.5 102 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Dole Bush Bush Obama
Illinois 21.5 102 Kennedy Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
North Dakota 21.4 102 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
Connecticut 21.3 102 Kennedy Johnson Humphrey Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Oklahoma 20.8 102 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
New York 22.2 101 Kennedy Johnson Humphrey Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Dukakis Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Missouri 21.6 101 Kennedy Johnson Nixon Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Bush Bush McCain
Wyoming 21.6 101 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
Utah 21.5 101 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
Ohio 21.4 101 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Bush Bush Obama
Alaska 21.3 101 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
Michigan 21.3 101 Nixon Johnson Humphrey Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Maryland 20.7 101 Kennedy Johnson Humphrey Nixon Carter Carter Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Maine 21.9 100 Nixon Johnson Humphrey Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Nevada 21.5 100 Kennedy Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Bush Bush Obama
Arizona 21.5 100 Nixon Goldwater Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Clinton Bush Bush McCain
South Dakota 21.5 100 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
California 21.4 100 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Idaho 21.4 100 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
Pennsylvania 21.4 100 Kennedy Johnson Humphrey Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Rhode Island 21.1 100 Kennedy Johnson Humphrey Nixon Carter Carter Reagan Dukakis Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
New Jersey 20.7 100 Kennedy Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Virginia 20.5 100 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush Obama
West Virginia 20.2 100 Kennedy Johnson Humphrey Nixon Carter Carter Reagan Dukakis Clinton Clinton Bush Bush McCain
Hawaii 21.6 99 Kennedy Johnson Humphrey Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Dukakis Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Indiana 21.4 99 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush Obama
Delaware 20.6 99 Kennedy Johnson Nixon Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Obama
Florida 20.6 98 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Clinton Gore Bush Obama
Arkansas 20.3 98 Kennedy Johnson Wallace Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Bush Bush McCain
Texas 20.3 97 Kennedy Johnson Nixon Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
Alabama 20.2 97 Byrd Goldwater Wallace Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
Kentucky 20.1 97 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Bush Bush McCain
Tennessee 20.0 97 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Bush Bush McCain
Georgia 19.9 97 Kennedy Goldwater Wallace Nixon Carter Carter Reagan Bush Clinton Dole Bush Bush McCain
Louisiana 19.6 97 Kennedy Goldwater Wallace Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Dole Bush Bush McCain
North Carolina 19.5 97 Kennedy Johnson Nixon Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush Obama
New Mexico 20.1 96 Nixon Johnson Nixon Nixon Ford Reagan Reagan Bush Clinton Clinton Bush Bush Obama
South Carolina 19.3 94 Kennedy Goldwater Nixon Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain
Mississippi 18.7 94 Byrd Goldwater Wallace Nixon Carter Reagan Reagan Bush Bush Dole Bush Bush McCain

* I grabbed the IQ data from http://www.sq.4mg.com/IQ-States.htm, which bases its numbers on the 2000 ACT scores by state. Thus the IQ listed here represents nothing more than students' abilities to take a standardized test.