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Latest Fact-Checks In Polls and Public Opinion

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Mich.
"Almost every poll has shown that Sanders vs. Trump does a lot better than Clinton vs. Trump … and, that’s true nationally."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit
In head-to-head polls for the general election, "I beat Hillary Clinton by more than anybody, by 11 points."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 21, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"About 70 percent of Republicans nationwide ... don't think Donald Trump is the right guy" to take on Hillary Clinton in November.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • February 21, 2016
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on September 20, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
At this point in 2012, "Rick Perry was ahead at 29.9 percent, and we had seven more leads before it finally settled on Mitt Romney."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on January 29, 2015 a tweet on Twitter
"More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 2, 2015
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on December 10, 2014 his farewell U.S. House speech
"This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2014
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 22, 2014 comments on his radio show
The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • July 29, 2014
Peter Beinart
Peter Beinart
stated on July 6, 2014 comments on CNN
"If you look at the states where soccer is most popular, they're overwhelmingly blue states, and the states where soccer is least popular are red states."
Mostly True
By Derek Tsang • July 10, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices"
"By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
Mostly True
By Molly O'Connor • June 20, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 6, 2014 a keynote speech
"A small majority of Americans don’t think they like the Affordable Care Act, but a large majority of Americans don’t want to do away with the protections that are in the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • May 7, 2014
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on April 20, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union."
"One thing that is much more unpopular than the Affordable Care Act is repealing the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • April 21, 2014
Dan Pfeiffer
Dan Pfeiffer
stated on March 16, 2014 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says President Barack Obama’s approval rating "gained 3 points in the last couple months."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • March 16, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 9, 2014 a 'Fox News Sunday' interview
"The president won the youth vote 3 to 1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • March 9, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2014 a speech to the Democratic National Committee in Boston
"When I talk about (raising the) minimum wage ... half of Republicans agree with it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2013 an NPR interview
"At the time that (Medicare Part D) was passed (it) was actually less popular than the Affordable Care Act, according to the polls."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • October 4, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 24, 2013 on CNN's "Crossfire"
"(Obamacare) is a bill which has never once had a majority of Americans favor it."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • September 26, 2013
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on April 17, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor
"No poll done this year ... shows less than a majority to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • April 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 1, 2013 a press briefing at the White House
Says a majority of Americans -- and Republicans -- support his approach for deficit reduction.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • March 1, 2013
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
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