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Latest Fact-Checks In Polls and Public Opinion

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Steve Deace
Steve Deace
stated on October 8, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation"
Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on August 16, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
The number of people who "believe in socialism ... is increasing."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 16, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 9, 2015 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Every poll said I won the debate."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2015 remarks at the White House
Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2015
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on April 12, 2015 an interview
In recent polling in battleground states, a "majority of the people" said Hillary Clinton "is untrustworthy."
Half-True
April 21, 2015
James Crowley
James Crowley
stated on December 6, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol."
Half-True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 21, 2014
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
stated on November 1, 2014 a column in the "Miami Herald"
"America’s least-trusted news sources are also its most popular."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on September 21, 2014 a panel on ABC's "This Week"
Americans now "support strikes (against ISIS) but the support for ground troops is not there. The support is very thin."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • September 21, 2014
Maria Cardona
Maria Cardona
stated on September 11, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"The Republican Party has the worst reputation in American polling of any political party in history."  
Half-True
By Derek Tsang • September 12, 2014
Donny Deutsch
Donny Deutsch
stated on July 1, 2014 comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"13 percent of Americans, the lowest ever, are without health care."  
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 8, 2014
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on June 15, 2014 interview on "Face the Nation."
Says Hillary Clinton’s approval rating went from 70 percent to 52 percent in 18 months.
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • June 15, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on May 12, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2014
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on April 12, 2014 a speech to the Freedom Summit in New Hampshire
A recent Gallup poll found that 72 percent of Americans and 56 percent of Democrats "say the biggest threat to our nation's security is big government."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2014
Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote
stated on March 11, 2014 a tweet
Says 50 percent of millennials don’t associate with "any political party."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2014
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on December 14, 2013 a Facebook post
"The latest Quinnipiac poll found that nearly six-in-ten Americans oppose ObamaCare -- 30% support the law and 57% oppose it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2013
Ari Melber
Ari Melber
stated on November 18, 2013 a talk on MSNBC's "The Cycle"
Says Barack Obama’s approval rating "is right in the average" for second-term presidents at this point.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 20, 2013
Raymond Gallison
Raymond Gallison
stated on June 13, 2013 a House floor debate
"Seventy-four percent of Rhode Islanders support [a] national popular vote [for president] because they, as I, believe in one person-one vote."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2013
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Freedom From Religion Foundation
stated on November 9, 2012 an email
"Secular Americans are the fastest-growing religious identification demographic in this country."  
Half-True
November 18, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 24, 2012 a news conference
Says Ronald Reagan "was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with Jimmy Carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 1, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 a convention speech
"The majority of Americans now doubt that our children will have a better future."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • August 31, 2012
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