Majority Of Republicans Think Obama Didn't Actually Win Election-ACORN Stole It!

That doesn't seem like a credible website.

 

I highly doubt the validity of this "poll"

 

Calling BS on the poll.

Needz moar details.

 

FYI:

The original blog about the poll is here: http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2009/11/acorn.html
The full results as a PDF are here: http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_National_1119.pdf

That second link includes the question wording and order, as well as the crosstabs (if you know what the heck those are). Feel free to take a look at the source to see if you think it has a bias.

Also note that Public Policy Polling isn't specifically known for bad polling according to Nate Silver's rankings here: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/search/label/pollster ratings.

 

Oops... I should have checked for new posts before submitting.

 

I don't care what any poll says, I just can't believe this to be true. It just can't be true.

 

Shouldn't the title of this thread be "Majority of republicans who participated in one particular poll answered (but not necessarily believe) that ACORN stole the election for President Obama"?

 

I think you have demonstrated here that you pretty much misunderstand the entire point of polling.

 

so that explains all that bitterness and anger

 

No, if the sample size was large enough, it should be representative.

 

If the sample is large enough and representative enough. Theoretically there could be some error where over half of the Republicans that answered the question live near a toxic waste dump or something which skews the results. That is highly unlikely given their previous accuracy, though.

Looking through the questions I don't see anything that was particularly biased or anything but straightforward. It looks to be legit.

A recent study found that a sizable minority believe that Obama isn't a legitimate president and is secretly trying to completely dismantle the country, but those percentages were in the 20s or 30s I think. This is pretty surprising.

 

My parents had a dinner party a month or two ago with some old neighbors and the parents of one of my good friends from high school. Consensus from all the eight or so people was that Obama won because of the ACORN scandal. I absolutely, positively believe that the majority of Republicans believe this. Especially if they polled people in the South.

 

They need to get over it.

 

That's what [Bush] said.

 

It's not just the "fringe" anymore that eats up the bulls***.

 

Hence my ironic post.

 

Haven't heard one person make that claim personally, and I live in GA.