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PolitiFact’s voter guide to our voter guides

By Bill Adair
November 5, 2012

We’ve done lots of election guides to help you sort out the truth in the 2012 campaign — so many that we thought it would be helpful to have a short guide to our guides!

So here’s a quick look at the guides we have produced:

PolitiFact’s Greatest Hits — The 26 most significant fact-checks in the presidential race.

Has President Obama kept his campaign promises? — A summary of ratings from our Obameter, which tracks Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign promises.

Medicare ‘cuts’ and the talking point that won’t die — We trace the talking point about paying for Obamacare with “cuts” to Medicare (with a fun video!).

Scariest lines of 2012 campaign — The scare tactics of the campaign. Don’t be afraid! They’re not true!

Twisting the truth on China — Both parties have used China as a villain, often stretching the truth about their opponents.

Fact-checking foreign policy — A guide to our fact-checks on international affairs.

Medicare attack lines — Our guide to the Medicare scare tactics from both sides.

A scorecard on the economy under Obama — The ups and downs for everything from the poverty rate to the price of ground chuck.

Fact-checking immigration — Our fact-checks on the border fence, the DREAM Act and more.

Fact-checking taxes — An overview of our fact-checks on the candidates’ claims about taxes.

Our Sources

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Pants on Fire!
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True

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