I particularly don't like the default layout of scoop. I know I could do something about it, but I'm no html wizard, and I'm working on other things :-) If someone sets up a good default working layout, that gets everything looking A-O.K. I'll put it in the default db, so we don't need to worry about broken tables and such in teh default install.
Mahonri, in response to your question, make another template, and call it poll_template or something. Just add it into the blocks. Then using the template admin page, set all the poll stuff to use that template, and all the story stuff to use the story template. That way you can keep them separate, and both working.
-hurstdog