Latest Fact-checks in Polls and Public Opinion 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." 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.” Kamala Harris stated on July 31, 2023 in an interview with ABC News: “There are polls that also say I have great approval ratings.” 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.” 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. 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." Terri Bryant stated on September 21, 2021 in a radio interview: “75% of Republicans have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 in Illinois. 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. 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." 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.” 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." 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.” 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.” Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2020 in a Tweet: Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!” 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.” 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.” Erica Smith stated on December 6, 2019: 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." Frederica Wilson stated on December 12, 2019 in a hearing: Says Betsy DeVos is the "most unpopular person in our government." Andrew Yang stated on October 22, 2019 in an interview with The Washington Post: "I'm one of only two candidates in the field that 10% or more of Donald Trump voters say they would support in the general" election. Pete Buttigieg stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate: Americans "say that what they want is a choice" to join a single-payer system like Medicare rather than ending private insurance. Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in the Democratic debate in Houston: "Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street — period." Jess McIntosh stated on June 30, 2019 in a TV panel: "Fifty percent of Republicans are in favor of Medicare for All." Donald Trump stated on June 4, 2019 in a press conference in London: "I’ve had tremendous Republican support. I have a 90% — 94% approval rating, as of this morning, in the Republican Party. That’s an all-time record." Donald Trump stated on April 23, 2019 in a tweet: "In the ‘old days’ if you were president and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism." Michael Moore stated on February 1, 2019 in an interview: "Seventy percent of the American public agree with" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich" at 70 percent, and "that's a Fox News Poll saying that." Joe Manchin stated on January 8, 2019 in an interview on Bloomberg television: "President Trump has the strongest support percentage-wise in our state than any other state in the nation. He won West Virginia by almost 43 percentage points and he's been carrying close to 60 percent approval." Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.: "Even in California now, they don’t want to be sanctuary cities anymore. They want out." E. Gordon Gee stated on September 20, 2018 in an interview with the Daily Athenaeum: In public approval, "the press is rated right now below that of Congress, and that is very low; it’s in the single digits." John Cox stated on July 30, 2018 in a Fox Business Network interview: "Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave." Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2018 in a tweet: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich is "very unpopular."
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." 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.” Kamala Harris stated on July 31, 2023 in an interview with ABC News: “There are polls that also say I have great approval ratings.” 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.” 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. 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." Terri Bryant stated on September 21, 2021 in a radio interview: “75% of Republicans have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 in Illinois. 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. 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." 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.” 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." 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.” 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.” Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2020 in a Tweet: Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!” 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.” 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.” Erica Smith stated on December 6, 2019: 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." Frederica Wilson stated on December 12, 2019 in a hearing: Says Betsy DeVos is the "most unpopular person in our government." Andrew Yang stated on October 22, 2019 in an interview with The Washington Post: "I'm one of only two candidates in the field that 10% or more of Donald Trump voters say they would support in the general" election. Pete Buttigieg stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate: Americans "say that what they want is a choice" to join a single-payer system like Medicare rather than ending private insurance. Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in the Democratic debate in Houston: "Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street — period." Jess McIntosh stated on June 30, 2019 in a TV panel: "Fifty percent of Republicans are in favor of Medicare for All." Donald Trump stated on June 4, 2019 in a press conference in London: "I’ve had tremendous Republican support. I have a 90% — 94% approval rating, as of this morning, in the Republican Party. That’s an all-time record." Donald Trump stated on April 23, 2019 in a tweet: "In the ‘old days’ if you were president and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism." Michael Moore stated on February 1, 2019 in an interview: "Seventy percent of the American public agree with" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich" at 70 percent, and "that's a Fox News Poll saying that." Joe Manchin stated on January 8, 2019 in an interview on Bloomberg television: "President Trump has the strongest support percentage-wise in our state than any other state in the nation. He won West Virginia by almost 43 percentage points and he's been carrying close to 60 percent approval." Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.: "Even in California now, they don’t want to be sanctuary cities anymore. They want out." E. Gordon Gee stated on September 20, 2018 in an interview with the Daily Athenaeum: In public approval, "the press is rated right now below that of Congress, and that is very low; it’s in the single digits." John Cox stated on July 30, 2018 in a Fox Business Network interview: "Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave." Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2018 in a tweet: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich is "very unpopular."
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."
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.”
Kamala Harris stated on July 31, 2023 in an interview with ABC News: “There are polls that also say I have great approval ratings.”
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.”
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.
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."
Terri Bryant stated on September 21, 2021 in a radio interview: “75% of Republicans have been vaccinated” against COVID-19 in Illinois.
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.
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."
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.”
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."
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.”
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.”
Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2020 in a Tweet: Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!”
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.”
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.”
Erica Smith stated on December 6, 2019: 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."
Frederica Wilson stated on December 12, 2019 in a hearing: Says Betsy DeVos is the "most unpopular person in our government."
Andrew Yang stated on October 22, 2019 in an interview with The Washington Post: "I'm one of only two candidates in the field that 10% or more of Donald Trump voters say they would support in the general" election.
Pete Buttigieg stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate: Americans "say that what they want is a choice" to join a single-payer system like Medicare rather than ending private insurance.
Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in the Democratic debate in Houston: "Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street — period."
Jess McIntosh stated on June 30, 2019 in a TV panel: "Fifty percent of Republicans are in favor of Medicare for All."
Donald Trump stated on June 4, 2019 in a press conference in London: "I’ve had tremendous Republican support. I have a 90% — 94% approval rating, as of this morning, in the Republican Party. That’s an all-time record."
Donald Trump stated on April 23, 2019 in a tweet: "In the ‘old days’ if you were president and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism."
Michael Moore stated on February 1, 2019 in an interview: "Seventy percent of the American public agree with" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich" at 70 percent, and "that's a Fox News Poll saying that."
Joe Manchin stated on January 8, 2019 in an interview on Bloomberg television: "President Trump has the strongest support percentage-wise in our state than any other state in the nation. He won West Virginia by almost 43 percentage points and he's been carrying close to 60 percent approval."
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.: "Even in California now, they don’t want to be sanctuary cities anymore. They want out."
E. Gordon Gee stated on September 20, 2018 in an interview with the Daily Athenaeum: In public approval, "the press is rated right now below that of Congress, and that is very low; it’s in the single digits."
John Cox stated on July 30, 2018 in a Fox Business Network interview: "Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave."