I wish I could believe you guys. But I think the country is getting dumber, not smarter.
Dumber = Trump Country.
It is critical to remember that people can be sheep, but not stupid. Partisan intelligence is outside the realm of general intelligence. The disturbing thing about Trump fellowship is that people support whatever Trump is on about. This whole anti-Ukraine thing would have been unthinkable by the GOP in the mid-1980s. Add things like QAnon and it becomes disturbingly clear that these people are almost desperate for a despot (an alt-right one).
I work from a different set of definitions than you do, then. Here are a few characteristics of MAGA extremists that meet the definition of stupid, for me:
1. Listening to Trump and not being able to discern that he is a propagandist, demagogue, liar, and conman. This should have been manifest to anyone who heard him, back in 2011/12 as he launched his birtherism movement. If you can't figure out such a blatant con artist as Trump, you are unintelligent. That discernment is a basic part of being a citizen.
2. Deciding that you will not tune in to mainstream media, because all those outlets are part of a liberal conspiracy.
3. Accepting any part of Q, Comet Ping Pong, etc. This is accepted by an alarming percentage of Trump's base, and it is lunacy. It indicates a disinclination to use any amount of critical thinking whatever. If you really believe Democrats are into sex trafficking and baby harvesting, you are unintelligent. You lack the basic equipment to assess reality.
4. Believing that Trump, instead of losing in 2020 by over 7 million votes, actually won in a landslide. Putting your critical thinking skills on hold is stupid. It means that you can be sold anything.
Here's the definition these behaviors match:
Stupid (from the Latin for benumbed): 1. slow of mind, obtuse 2. unthinking, irrational