49% of Republicans

Posted: 12/5/12 at 10:55am

... think ACORN stole the election for Obama, a drop from the 52 percent who thought ACORN stole the election in 2008:

This is a modest decline, but perhaps smaller than might have been expected given that ACORN doesn't exist anymore.

They call it "The Fox News effect"

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 12/5/12 at 2:19pm

To be fair, I'm sure if the pollsters would have told the Republicans polled that Acorn no longer existed, at most 48% of them would have maintained that Acorn stole the election.

Posted: 12/5/12 at 2:29pm

I had a spirited discussion with a Republican a couple days after the election who said that "obviously" the election had been stolen as there had been widespread vote fraud in Ohio. I said "I don't think so, but for arguments sake, let's accept that and throw out Ohio's electoral votes. Obama still won." She thought a bit and added "And Florida. There was vote fraud in Florida."

I said "OK, let's toss out Florida too. He still won."

Without batting an eye she said "How many states would Romney need? There was fraud all over."

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/5/12 at 2:35pm

I think a lot of this is attributable to the echo chamber that is Fox 'News'. They've been pushing voter fraud as a legitimate issue for four years now, and they were skeptical of the results as they came in on election night. Plus, most if not all of their pundits had predicted a Romney victory. Given that so many of their viewers rely on them as their sole source of information, it isn't surprising that their opinions are skewed.

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 12/6/12 at 8:11pm

The Electoral Collage needs to go.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 12/6/12 at 8:18pm

Doesn't Matter Obama, the black dudewouldstillbe president.

What really has to go is you!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/6/12 at 8:25pm

The Electoral Collage needs to go.

That still doesn't make Romney win...
Obama: 65,430,118
Romney: 60,757,979

But lets look back further
Bush: 50,456,002
Gore: 50,999,897

You really want that?

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/6/12 at 9:53pm

I love a good collage of electorals. Maybe it can be made out of cut paper with macaroni.