"That's not enough, madam, we need a majority." Adlai Stevenson's response to a woman who told him he had the vote of "every thinking American"

I do not mean to imply that all elected officials are stupid, not by a long shot. Just that the qualities that are often required to win much more than a school board or small city council race these days are disproportionately absent in the gifted community- ie, extroversion and people pleasing desires or skills.

And as one of the commenters noted at the bottom of that article, there are different kinds of leadership. Sometimes what adults view as leadership in children is really just bossiness.

I think this article more aptly describes personality differences rather than intellectual ones.