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Latest Fact-Checks In Polls and Public Opinion

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 19, 2016 a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.
"Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2016
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on January 12, 2016 a roundtable discussion on CNN
"Donald Trump is appealing as much to Democrats as he is to Republicans."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 21, 2016
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on January 3, 2016 on "Fox News Sunday"
"The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked."
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 20, 2015 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has "an 80 percent approval rating."
True
By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 7, 2015 a campaign statement
Says 25 percent of U.S. Muslims "agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2015
Arsalan Iftikhar
Arsalan Iftikhar
stated on November 22, 2015 a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 8, 2015 comments on "State of the Union"
Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 8, 2015
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on October 21, 2015 a public forum
"Most Americans are now getting their news from Facebook."  
False
October 29, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 21, 2015 an image on the Internet
"CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2015
NowThis
NowThis
stated on October 15, 2015 a video shared on social media
Says CNN deleted an online poll showing Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic presidential debate to help out Hillary Clinton.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • October 19, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 29, 2015 a speech
"60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded."
True
October 14, 2015
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
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
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 10, 2015 an interview on CNN
Says Donald Trump’s polling numbers show that he’s "the highest with Hispanics that any Republican has ever been."
False
By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher
The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
False
By Linda Qiu • September 2, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher.
"The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."
False
By Linda Qiu • September 1, 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
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on August 9, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"If you look at the results of Obamacare, what you see is emergency room visits are up over 50 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 29, 2015 an interview on NPR
The Supreme Court’s views "are radically out of step with public opinion" regarding its decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 1, 2015
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