Latest Mostly True 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." 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.” Frederica Wilson stated on December 12, 2019 in a hearing: Says Betsy DeVos is the "most unpopular person in our government." 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." Republican Party of Texas stated on July 14, 2018 in a fundraising email blast: Says a poll showed Democrat Beto O’Rourke within 2 percentage points of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. The Gateway Pundit stated on June 9, 2018 in a headline: "Trump approval rating better than Obama and Reagan at same point in their presidencies." Tammy Baldwin stated on February 22, 2018 in an interview : Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks. Mike Crute stated on April 19, 2017 in a radio show: Says Bernie Sanders "is the most popular politician in America today." Arnold Schwarzenegger stated on February 14, 2017 in a video: "Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, cockroaches, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn’t beat herpes in the polls." Donald Trump stated on January 25, 2017 in an interview with ABC News' David Muir: "A poll just came out on my inauguration speech. … People loved it. Loved and liked." Mitch McConnell stated on January 9, 2017 in an op-ed on FoxNews.com: "About 8 out of 10 favor changing Obamacare significantly or replacing it altogether." Paul Ryan stated on November 9, 2016 in a news conference: Obamacare "is not a popular law." Gary Johnson stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview: "Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana." Barack Obama stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic national convention: "Almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office." Donald Trump stated on July 5, 2016 in a speech in Raleigh, N.C.: "We got the highest vote count in the history of the Republican Party." Tim Kaine stated on June 26, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": Says British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave." Bernie Sanders stated on May 29, 2016 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Right now, in every major poll, national poll and statewide poll done in the last month, six weeks, we are defeating Trump, often by big numbers and always at a larger margin than Secretary Clinton is." William Barber stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech announcing the Moral Monday march: "80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage" Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2016 in a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America': "When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama." Paul Ryan stated on February 22, 2016 in a television interview: "70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path." Bernie Sanders stated on March 6, 2016 in 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." John Kasich stated on March 3, 2016 in 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." Ted Cruz stated on February 21, 2016 in 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. Karl Rove stated on September 20, 2015 in 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." Joe Scarborough stated on January 29, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row." Pete Gallego stated on December 10, 2014 in his farewell U.S. House speech: "This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation." Juan Williams stated on August 3, 2014 in 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." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 22, 2014 in 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." Peter Beinart stated on July 6, 2014 in 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." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
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." 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.” Frederica Wilson stated on December 12, 2019 in a hearing: Says Betsy DeVos is the "most unpopular person in our government." 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." Republican Party of Texas stated on July 14, 2018 in a fundraising email blast: Says a poll showed Democrat Beto O’Rourke within 2 percentage points of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. The Gateway Pundit stated on June 9, 2018 in a headline: "Trump approval rating better than Obama and Reagan at same point in their presidencies." Tammy Baldwin stated on February 22, 2018 in an interview : Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks. Mike Crute stated on April 19, 2017 in a radio show: Says Bernie Sanders "is the most popular politician in America today." Arnold Schwarzenegger stated on February 14, 2017 in a video: "Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, cockroaches, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn’t beat herpes in the polls." Donald Trump stated on January 25, 2017 in an interview with ABC News' David Muir: "A poll just came out on my inauguration speech. … People loved it. Loved and liked." Mitch McConnell stated on January 9, 2017 in an op-ed on FoxNews.com: "About 8 out of 10 favor changing Obamacare significantly or replacing it altogether." Paul Ryan stated on November 9, 2016 in a news conference: Obamacare "is not a popular law." Gary Johnson stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview: "Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana." Barack Obama stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic national convention: "Almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office." Donald Trump stated on July 5, 2016 in a speech in Raleigh, N.C.: "We got the highest vote count in the history of the Republican Party." Tim Kaine stated on June 26, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": Says British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave." Bernie Sanders stated on May 29, 2016 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Right now, in every major poll, national poll and statewide poll done in the last month, six weeks, we are defeating Trump, often by big numbers and always at a larger margin than Secretary Clinton is." William Barber stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech announcing the Moral Monday march: "80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage" Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2016 in a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America': "When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama." Paul Ryan stated on February 22, 2016 in a television interview: "70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path." Bernie Sanders stated on March 6, 2016 in 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." John Kasich stated on March 3, 2016 in 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." Ted Cruz stated on February 21, 2016 in 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. Karl Rove stated on September 20, 2015 in 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." Joe Scarborough stated on January 29, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row." Pete Gallego stated on December 10, 2014 in his farewell U.S. House speech: "This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation." Juan Williams stated on August 3, 2014 in 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." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 22, 2014 in 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." Peter Beinart stated on July 6, 2014 in 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." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
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."
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.”
Frederica Wilson stated on December 12, 2019 in a hearing: Says Betsy DeVos is the "most unpopular person in our government."
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."
Republican Party of Texas stated on July 14, 2018 in a fundraising email blast: Says a poll showed Democrat Beto O’Rourke within 2 percentage points of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
The Gateway Pundit stated on June 9, 2018 in a headline: "Trump approval rating better than Obama and Reagan at same point in their presidencies."
Tammy Baldwin stated on February 22, 2018 in an interview : Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks.
Mike Crute stated on April 19, 2017 in a radio show: Says Bernie Sanders "is the most popular politician in America today."
Arnold Schwarzenegger stated on February 14, 2017 in a video: "Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, cockroaches, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn’t beat herpes in the polls."
Donald Trump stated on January 25, 2017 in an interview with ABC News' David Muir: "A poll just came out on my inauguration speech. … People loved it. Loved and liked."
Mitch McConnell stated on January 9, 2017 in an op-ed on FoxNews.com: "About 8 out of 10 favor changing Obamacare significantly or replacing it altogether."
Gary Johnson stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview: "Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana."
Barack Obama stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic national convention: "Almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office."
Donald Trump stated on July 5, 2016 in a speech in Raleigh, N.C.: "We got the highest vote count in the history of the Republican Party."
Tim Kaine stated on June 26, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": Says British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave."
Bernie Sanders stated on May 29, 2016 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Right now, in every major poll, national poll and statewide poll done in the last month, six weeks, we are defeating Trump, often by big numbers and always at a larger margin than Secretary Clinton is."
William Barber stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech announcing the Moral Monday march: "80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage"
Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2016 in a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America': "When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama."
Paul Ryan stated on February 22, 2016 in a television interview: "70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path."
Bernie Sanders stated on March 6, 2016 in 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."
John Kasich stated on March 3, 2016 in 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."
Ted Cruz stated on February 21, 2016 in 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.
Karl Rove stated on September 20, 2015 in 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."
Joe Scarborough stated on January 29, 2015 in a tweet on Twitter: "More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row."
Pete Gallego stated on December 10, 2014 in his farewell U.S. House speech: "This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation."
Juan Williams stated on August 3, 2014 in 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."
Rush Limbaugh stated on July 22, 2014 in 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."
Peter Beinart stated on July 6, 2014 in 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."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
