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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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in an interview:
In recent polling in battleground states, a "majority of the people" said Hillary Clinton "is untrustworthy."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2015
James Crowley
James Crowley
stated on December 6, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in an email:
"Secular Americans are the fastest-growing religious identification demographic in this country."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 18, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 24, 2012 in 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 in 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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