Polls and Public Opinion Scorecard true 0% 22 Checks mostly true 0% 45 Checks half true 0% 48 Checks mostly false 0% 42 Checks false 0% 44 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 23 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Polls and Public Opinion Donald Trump stated on November 22, 2025 in a Truth Social post: “I have just gotten the highest poll numbers of my ‘political career.’” By Louis Jacobson • November 24, 2025 Larry Kudlow stated on March 4, 2025 in on-air remarks: Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.” By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2025 Social Media stated on December 1, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “Trump won 18-to-24-year-olds in Wisconsin." By D.L. Davis • January 6, 2025 Ron Johnson stated on May 19, 2024 in TV interview: Says in his three election campaigns, the early polls were "wildly incorrect, all three times." By Hope Karnopp • June 5, 2024 Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2024 in a speech: “Eighty-two percent of the country understands that (the 2020 election) was a rigged election.” By Paul Specht • March 7, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on July 31, 2023 in an interview with ABC News: “There are polls that also say I have great approval ratings.” By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2023 Chris Coons stated on July 30, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": “Consumer confidence is the highest it’s been in years.” By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2023 Elise Stefanik stated on February 9, 2023 in a Tweet: 53% of Americans made aware of the Hunter Biden laptop story would have changed their vote in 2020. By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 25, 2023 Dennis Prager stated on November 8, 2021 in an interview with Newsmax: "During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users … had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are? But it would've been inconceivable." By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2021 Terri Bryant stated on September 21, 2021 in a radio interview: “75% of Republicans have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 in Illinois. By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 3, 2021 Jeffrey Zients stated on May 9, 2021 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “The research showed … that confidence overall in the vaccines increased after the pause” to review the safety of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine. By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2021 Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: "New poll indicates” Joe Biden’s “approval at 11%, the lowest approval rating of any president in American history." April 8, 2021 Joe Biden stated on February 19, 2021 in a speech: “The vast majority of the American people” support Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan, “including a majority of Republicans.” By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2021 Joe Biden stated on December 3, 2020 in an interview with CNN: "People have lost faith in the ability of the vaccine to work. Already, the numbers are really staggeringly low." By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2020 NumbersUSA stated on September 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.” By Miriam Valverde • September 21, 2020 Nancy Pelosi stated on June 23, 2020 in a Telemundo interview: “80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.” By Miriam Valverde • June 26, 2020 Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2020 in a Tweet: Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!” By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 11, 2020 Amy Klobuchar stated on February 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “The majority of hunters now want universal background checks, the majority of Trump voters.” By Bill McCarthy • February 20, 2020 Cory Booker stated on January 9, 2020 in public comments: National polls have “never predicted who will be president from our party. Carter was in the single digits a few months before caucuses. Bill Clinton was. Obama — 20 points behind in the national polls roughly.” By Brooklyn Draisey • February 6, 2020 Erica Smith stated on December 6, 2019 in : Says she's beating Democratic opponent Cal Cunningham and is also the first black, female US Senate candidate to be beating an incumbent Senator (Thom Tillis) in "every poll out of the gate." By Paul Specht • January 10, 2020 Load More Latest Articles Why do so many Americans think the economy is bad when the data says otherwise? By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2024 A poll found 1 in 5 believe in covert Taylor Swift effort to help Biden win. What does that mean? By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2024 Nikki Haley touts 17-point polling edge over Joe Biden. Here’s what more recent polls say. By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2024 Public opinion on abortion: What’s changed since Roe v. Wade was overturned? By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2023 What is a MAGA Republican? By Jon Greenberg • September 21, 2022 What do Americans think about abortion policy? It can be complicated By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2022 Is the Iowa Legislature repeatedly passing bills unpopular in the state? An examination By Lyle Muller • May 10, 2022 Why polling about abortion hides the true complexity of what Americans think By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2022 Fact-checking Joe Biden on the American Rescue Plan By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight • March 12, 2021 Split in voting methods puts COVID, mail center stage in Wisconsin By Eric Litke • October 10, 2020 Large majorities of Americans support keeping stay-at-home policies for now By Bill McCarthy, Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2020 Latest promises about Polls and Public Opinion No promises to show. Latest promises about Polls and Public Opinion
