@Jaxk Let me give you a lesson on math, and polling methodology.
When the data indicates a difference of 59% vs 56%, as it does for the statement that women are more likely than men to believe in possession, no valid conclusion can really be drawn as polls often have a margin of error around 3%, and [56–62%] vs [53–59%] leaves many permutations where that claim would be false.
However, 68% vs 49% is statistically significant. Even if you move the values each by 3%, you would wind up 65% vs 52%, signifying beyond the shadow of a doubt that Republicans are more likely to believe. True, the fact that nearly half of Democrats also believe is a bit disheartening, but that still doesn’t change the fact that there is a definite difference between the parties on this.
You make some valid points elsewhere, but you have to remember that we are talking about the same Republican party that thinks that 2% = 90% when it comes to funding Planned Parenthood, that when it come to corporate profit growth, -17.4% (under G.W. Bush) and -9.5% (under his father) are better than +77.9% (under Obama) or +9.2% (under Clinton), and otherwise has issues with numbers, and with facts. That makes it easy to target them with all sorts of ridicule, well-deserved or otherwise. And it also means that when non-Republicans play fast-and-loose with numbers, they get a little more of a pass since they don’t do it nearly as often as their Republican counterparts.