Natalie Portman (D) vs. Britney Spears (R)

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Natalie Portman went to my college, though I didn't know her (but my roommate fixed her computer once).  She's very small and pale in person.  I'd go for Britney easily if we're voting on looks.  Politics of course would be a different story, as with intelligence.  It's obviously easier for a celebrity to get into Harvard than a normal person, but not that easy.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

So you'd vote for someone with roughly 100 IQ points less than her challenger. OK.

Says the man who would vote for FDR over Herbert Hoover.

Both men were very smart. Britney Spears is a moron.

Hoover was at least 100 IQ points smarter than FDR. Hoover was an engineer who was a self made millionaire. FDR was a guy who never worked a day in his life who inherited millions from his dad and was a career politician. Yet FDR was still dumber than Hoover, but you would vote for FDR.

Explain why you would vote for someone 100 IQ points less than his challenger?

I doubt there could be a difference of 100 points.  Even an average president would have an IQ well over 100, and anything over 150 is pretty much considered a genius.  Even the greatest geniuses in history don't get much past 200.