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Jennifer Granholm
stated on January 24, 2016 an appearance on ABC's 'This Week':

When a Gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, "When they get to the question on, 'Would you vote for a socialist,' it is even less popular than voting for atheists."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2016

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
stated on October 21, 2015 a public forum:

"Most Americans are now getting their news from Facebook."

False

By Tom Kertscher • October 29, 2015

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
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
stated on September 29, 2015 a speech:

"60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded."

True

By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2015

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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