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Latest Fact-Checks In Polls and Public Opinion

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Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 19, 2024 TV interview
Says in his three election campaigns, the early polls were "wildly incorrect, all three times."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • June 5, 2024
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on June 23, 2020 a Telemundo interview
“80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • June 26, 2020
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on December 12, 2019 a hearing
Says Betsy DeVos is the "most unpopular person in our government."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2020
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on January 8, 2019 an interview on Bloomberg television
"President Trump has the strongest support percentage-wise in our state than any other state in the nation. He won West Virginia by almost 43 percentage points and he's been carrying close to 60 percent approval."
Mostly True
By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • January 28, 2019
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on July 14, 2018 a fundraising email blast
Says a poll showed Democrat Beto O’Rourke within 2 percentage points of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 20, 2018
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on June 9, 2018 a headline
"Trump approval rating better than Obama and Reagan at same point in their presidencies."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 18, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 22, 2018 an interview
Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks.  
Mostly True
March 2, 2018
Mike Crute
Mike Crute
stated on April 19, 2017 a radio show
Says Bernie Sanders "is the most popular politician in America today."  
Mostly True
April 27, 2017
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on February 14, 2017 a video
"Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, cockroaches, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn’t beat herpes in the polls."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 14, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 25, 2017 an interview with ABC News' David Muir
"A poll just came out on my inauguration speech. … People loved it. Loved and liked."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2017
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 9, 2017 an op-ed on FoxNews.com
"About 8 out of 10 favor changing Obamacare significantly or replacing it altogether."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 a news conference
Obamacare "is not a popular law."
Mostly True
November 17, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview
"Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana."  
Mostly True
September 23, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic national convention
"Almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • July 28, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a speech in Raleigh, N.C.
"We got the highest vote count in the history of the Republican Party."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • July 8, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 26, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
Says British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • June 26, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 29, 2016 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
"Right now, in every major poll, national poll and statewide poll done in the last month, six weeks, we are defeating Trump, often by big numbers and always at a larger margin than Secretary Clinton is."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2016
William Barber
William Barber
stated on April 22, 2016 a speech announcing the Moral Monday march
"80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage"
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2016 a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America'
"When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 22, 2016 a television interview
"70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • March 22, 2016
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