um...I think that's the wrong link

Um, that's not what the poll says. Did you read the poll? That's not even what the article says: "Overall 62% of Americans think Obama legitimately won the election to only 26% who think ACORN stole it for him, as few Democrats or independents buy into that line of thinking. The organization is generally unpopular though, with only 11% of voters viewing it favorably to 53% with an unfavorable opinion and 36% without one." Basically, according to THIS poll, 53% of Americans have an unfavourable opinion of Acorn and 26% of Americans think ACORN stole the election for Obama. It's not 53% of Republicans, it's of people polled, and the pol includes people of all political persuasions. If you look at the crosstabs, yes, Republicans polled created a large part, the majority of this percentage, but you didn't look at the poll, or the crosstabs, or even read the article correctly. And, people can believe anything, and they do. You shouldn't be so surprised by now, but I suppose that is a good thing, it means you're not so jaded. Anyway, about the poll, according to the PPP, they "conducted a national survey of 1,066 registered voters from November 13 to 15th. The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.0%." What's really interesting is to look at the crosstabs for ACORN favourability and "stole the election" and see opinions across ideology, political party, race, age, gender, region--that tells a lot more then the end number does. It tells you what people, specifically what people think a certain way, and when you find out what groups, you can ask why they are inclined to think a certain way. Why people in certain age groups or regions tend to voice similar opinions, even though they have different ideological and political and religious stances. And the, "he won by 9.5 million votes!" thing...take a look at the section of the polling data where the ask people who they voted for in the last election. That should give you a good hoot.