52% Of Republicans Believe ACORN Stole The Election For Obama

November 19th, 2009 (4) Posted By Pat Dollard.

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Public Policy Polling:

Losing NY-23 candidate Doug Hoffman became the latest in an increasingly long line of conservative politicians to blame his problems on ACORN yesterday despite the complete lack of evidence the organization played any role in his defeat.

The Republican base is with him though. PPP’s newest national survey finds that a 52% majority of GOP voters nationally think that ACORN stole the Presidential election for Barack Obama last year, with only 27% granting that he won it legitimately. Clearly the ACORN card really is an effective one to play with the voters who will decide whether Hoffman gets to be the Republican nominee in a possible repeat bid in 2010.

Belief in the ACORN conspiracy theory is even higher among GOP partisans than the birther one, which only 42% of Republicans expressed agreement with on our national survey in September.

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. The only politician we’ve polled on this year with comparably bad favorability numbers is John Edwards. The constant harping on ACORN by Republican politicians may sound nutso in some circles, but it certainly has hurt the organization’s image and it looks like the anti-ACORN message may resonate with a decent portion of the American electorate. ACORN is probably well overdue for a rebranding.

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  • MinneSoCold

    Exhibit B: Al Franken’s stunning come from behind recount x3 (maybe x4) victory and guess who was there “helping the vote”….

    • GRIZZ

      Franken is a prime example of what will happen in 2010.They stole this senate seat,and said fuck you what are you going to do about it.And I dont recall one senator that offered any aid to Senator Coleman.NOT ONE

  • cold soldier

    States really need to update their voting proceedures. In my state you HAVE to show up with a picture I.D. , you HAVE update your registration every 4 years, and you HAVE to vote in the district you are registered in. This would cut out all this illegal alien and ACORN B.S. going on, then all we would have to do is carry a gun to the poles to break up their “Little Black Panther Party”….and OH what fun that will be :!:

  • Steve Rogers

    “only 26% who think ACORN stole it for him, as few Democrats or independents buy into that line of thinking.”

    That tells me only 26% have any clue as to the activities of this gang of domestic enemies of the Constitution.