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Latest Fact-Checks In Polls and Public Opinion

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Callista Gingrich
Callista Gingrich
stated on August 30, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
President Barack Obama has "weakened the respect for America abroad."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on August 26, 2012 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"Independent voters have a ten-point margin in favor of Mitt Romney right now."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 26, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on July 31, 2012 a runoff night statement.
Ted Cruz is "unknown to the vast majority of Texans."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2012
Jeff Duncan
Jeff Duncan
stated on July 10, 2012 a tweet
"83% of doctors have considered leaving the profession because of #Obamacare."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 12, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 3, 2012 an interview on CNBC
"If you look at most of the polls, this is a margin-of-error race on Fourth of July between Mitt Romney and the president."
True
By Erin O'Neill • July 5, 2012
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on June 8, 2012 a speech
"70 percent of the people who voted" on June 5, 2012, "just didn’t feel comfortable with the recall of the governor," weakening any idea that Wisconsin is "fully behind this Walker agenda."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 22, 2012
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on June 5, 2012 an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
"Right now, I’m polling at about 8 percent" against Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2012
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on April 24, 2012 the Central Texas Democratic Forum
Says "large majority" of Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim and not U.S.-born.
False
By Sue Owen • May 23, 2012
Jim Cooper
Jim Cooper
stated on March 20, 2012 an op-ed published in The Hill.
"Congress as a whole is less popular than it’s been since polling was invented."
True
By Michael Collins • April 19, 2012
Jon O'Brien
Jon O'Brien
stated on April 11, 2012 written testimony at a House hearing
"Only 14 percent of Catholics agree with the Vatican's position that abortion should be illegal."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 2, 2012 a chain email.
Says a Barack Obama "black imposter" joke got a standing ovation at San Angelo rodeo.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2012
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on March 20, 2012 a talk radio show.
"Every poll you see, the overwhelming majority of people want [E-Verify]."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 25, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Arizona
Says he "did the very best" in a recent poll in Iowa matching up each of the major Republican presidential candidates against President Barack Obama.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 2, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 9, 2012 a speech at the CPAC conference
"The majority of Americans are conservatives."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 24, 2012
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on February 3, 2012 a radio interview
The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 10, 2011 a message via the Internet
"What is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not . . . a Congress!"
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 2, 2012
Bear Education and Resource Group
Bear Education and Resource Group
stated on December 6, 2011 a website
"99% of NJ voters do NOT support hunting."
Pants on Fire!
By Erin O'Neill • December 8, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 16, 2011 a television interview
The St. Norbert College/Wisconsin Public Radio poll has "been wrong in almost every election."
False
By James B. Nelson • December 4, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 9, 2011 an interview with Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show"
In April 2009 "the Democrats were in control, and the congressional (approval) rating was 40 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.
"The people in Massachusetts like (the state health care plan) by about a 3-1 margin."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2011
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