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Another Dumb Voter Story

Basic Books

Rick Shenkman has already made some money underestimating the intelligence of the American voter*.  His 2008 book is called Just How Stupid Are We?

Apparently, he's still looking for an answer to that question, or at least getting lots of responses to it. 

Note the picture of the swinging monkey on the cover of his latest book, Political Animals

There might be an evolutionary reason for the way we make choices about political leaders.  Rick Shenkman walks us through what he found.  

*H.L. Mencken is often misquoted; here's a link to a riff on what he actually wrote.

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.