11 People 26110 Fact-checks 8571 Articles People (11) Watts Up With That We Are Milwaukee We Are Ohio We Are Wisconsin Stand Up To China We the People petition Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . We Love USA PAC Election Integrity Project California Friends of Voter Owned Elections Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials Fact-checks (26110) Chris Matthews stated on January 23, 2013 in comments on his MSNBC show: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, was elected in a "very low turnout" race. By Dave Umhoefer• February 10, 2013 Michael Steele stated on November 08, 2010 in an interview on NPR: "I have won more elections than any chairman since 1938." By Robert Farley• December 3, 2010 Matt Gaetz stated on February 07, 2019 in an interview on CNN: "In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing." By Amy Sherman• February 13, 2019 Instagram posts stated on November 11, 2022 in a video shared on Instagram: It’s proof of “voter fraud” that it takes some states days to count 2 million votes while Florida results were available on election night. By Madison Czopek• November 16, 2022 Dan Blue stated on December 06, 2018 in : "Public trust in our election system is at an all-time low." By Paul Specht• December 18, 2018 EMILY's List stated on September 09, 2022 in a political ad: Ted Budd “helped write legislation to outlaw abortion nationwide with no exceptions for rape or incest — a law that could even put doctors in jail.” By Paul Specht• October 5, 2022 Matthew Dowd stated on December 07, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times. By Jon Greenberg• December 7, 2014 Patrick Morrisey stated on August 21, 2018 in a Donald Trump rally in Charleston, W.Va.: Says Joe Manchin "strongly supported and voted for Hillary Clinton after she said, ‘We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of work.’" By Kristen Mohammadi• September 13, 2018 Jerry Falwell Jr. stated on January 01, 2019 in a newspaper interview.: "This midterm (election), the president did better than the average president does in his first midterms." By Warren Fiske• January 8, 2019 Chris Christie stated on October 26, 2011 in a radio interview: Says "over the last 48 years, every governor at the midterm of his first term or her first term has lost seats in the Legislature, with the exception of Jim McGreevey in 2003." By Erin O'Neill• November 6, 2011 Barack Obama stated on October 30, 2010 in his weekly address: "The Republican leader of the Senate said his main goal after this election is simply to win the next one." By Robert Farley• October 30, 2010 Public Interest Legal Foundation stated on January 18, 2023 in a report: In California, there were “10 million mail ballots unaccounted for” in the November midterm election. By Jeff Cercone• January 26, 2023 Terri Lynn Land stated on October 25, 2014 in a campaign statement to a local newspaper: On support for the auto bailouts. By Steve Contorno• October 6, 2014 Roy Zimmerman stated on March 13, 2016 in a YouTube video: "Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 17, 2016 Mike Haridopolos stated on November 02, 2010 in a post-election interview.: "This is the first time a party has picked up multiple seats during a regular election since the mid 1980s, making this the largest majority of any party in more than 25 years." By Laura Figueroa• November 16, 2010 Sunny Hostin stated on November 14, 2022 in a statement on "The View": “Republicans want to raise the voting to age 28.” By Amy Sherman• November 17, 2022 Bernie Sanders stated on April 16, 2017 in an interview with CNN's "State of the Union": "When Trump won, we had the lowest voter turnout in 20 years." By Louis Jacobson• April 18, 2017 Steve Deace stated on October 08, 2015 in 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." By Jon Greenberg• October 12, 2015 Chain email stated on May 17, 2014 in a chain email: "Obama Announces Plans For A Third Term Presidential Run" By Louis Jacobson• May 23, 2014 Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2022 in a screenshot shared on Instagram: Pennsylvania drop boxes were “pre-loaded” with ballots. By Madison Czopek• October 28, 2022 Articles (8571) With Georgia’s race still undecided, a look at whether Democrats’ midterm Senate wins are historic By Tom Kertscher• December 1, 2022 Obama, back in campaign mode, jabs at GOP By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 9, 2010 Is the migrant caravan an invasion? By Miriam Valverde• November 7, 2018 Donald Trump on the campaign trail: His three reasons to fear Democrats, fact-checked By Jon Greenberg• October 8, 2018 A post-mortem on Georgia's midterm elections By April Hunt• November 5, 2014 2022 candidates use ads vowing to be tough on China, or attacking rivals as too soft on China By Tom Kertscher• March 3, 2022 Donald Trump, the least accurate politician we've ever covered, eyes another White House run By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 14, 2022 Midterm elections: What does history say? And what could make 2022 different? By Louis Jacobson• September 12, 2022 PolitiFact Iowa: The term ‘red wave’ is more complicated than you think By Sabine Martin• November 29, 2022 How days of vote counting became go-to ‘evidence’ for false election fraud claims By Madison Czopek• November 15, 2022 Unpacking the theory that the 14th Amendment could keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office in 2024 By Louis Jacobson• February 4, 2022 How will social media platforms respond to election misinformation? It isn’t clear By Hana Stepnick• August 1, 2022 How Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube plan to address 2024 election misinformation By Sevana Wenn• July 6, 2023 Happy Birthday to Us! 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Chris Matthews stated on January 23, 2013 in comments on his MSNBC show: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, was elected in a "very low turnout" race. By Dave Umhoefer• February 10, 2013 Michael Steele stated on November 08, 2010 in an interview on NPR: "I have won more elections than any chairman since 1938." By Robert Farley• December 3, 2010 Matt Gaetz stated on February 07, 2019 in an interview on CNN: "In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing." By Amy Sherman• February 13, 2019 Instagram posts stated on November 11, 2022 in a video shared on Instagram: It’s proof of “voter fraud” that it takes some states days to count 2 million votes while Florida results were available on election night. By Madison Czopek• November 16, 2022 Dan Blue stated on December 06, 2018 in : "Public trust in our election system is at an all-time low." By Paul Specht• December 18, 2018 EMILY's List stated on September 09, 2022 in a political ad: Ted Budd “helped write legislation to outlaw abortion nationwide with no exceptions for rape or incest — a law that could even put doctors in jail.” By Paul Specht• October 5, 2022 Matthew Dowd stated on December 07, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times. By Jon Greenberg• December 7, 2014 Patrick Morrisey stated on August 21, 2018 in a Donald Trump rally in Charleston, W.Va.: Says Joe Manchin "strongly supported and voted for Hillary Clinton after she said, ‘We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of work.’" By Kristen Mohammadi• September 13, 2018 Jerry Falwell Jr. stated on January 01, 2019 in a newspaper interview.: "This midterm (election), the president did better than the average president does in his first midterms." By Warren Fiske• January 8, 2019 Chris Christie stated on October 26, 2011 in a radio interview: Says "over the last 48 years, every governor at the midterm of his first term or her first term has lost seats in the Legislature, with the exception of Jim McGreevey in 2003." By Erin O'Neill• November 6, 2011 Barack Obama stated on October 30, 2010 in his weekly address: "The Republican leader of the Senate said his main goal after this election is simply to win the next one." By Robert Farley• October 30, 2010 Public Interest Legal Foundation stated on January 18, 2023 in a report: In California, there were “10 million mail ballots unaccounted for” in the November midterm election. By Jeff Cercone• January 26, 2023 Terri Lynn Land stated on October 25, 2014 in a campaign statement to a local newspaper: On support for the auto bailouts. By Steve Contorno• October 6, 2014 Roy Zimmerman stated on March 13, 2016 in a YouTube video: "Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 17, 2016 Mike Haridopolos stated on November 02, 2010 in a post-election interview.: "This is the first time a party has picked up multiple seats during a regular election since the mid 1980s, making this the largest majority of any party in more than 25 years." By Laura Figueroa• November 16, 2010 Sunny Hostin stated on November 14, 2022 in a statement on "The View": “Republicans want to raise the voting to age 28.” By Amy Sherman• November 17, 2022 Bernie Sanders stated on April 16, 2017 in an interview with CNN's "State of the Union": "When Trump won, we had the lowest voter turnout in 20 years." By Louis Jacobson• April 18, 2017 Steve Deace stated on October 08, 2015 in 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." By Jon Greenberg• October 12, 2015 Chain email stated on May 17, 2014 in a chain email: "Obama Announces Plans For A Third Term Presidential Run" By Louis Jacobson• May 23, 2014 Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2022 in a screenshot shared on Instagram: Pennsylvania drop boxes were “pre-loaded” with ballots. By Madison Czopek• October 28, 2022
With Georgia’s race still undecided, a look at whether Democrats’ midterm Senate wins are historic By Tom Kertscher• December 1, 2022 Obama, back in campaign mode, jabs at GOP By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 9, 2010 Is the migrant caravan an invasion? By Miriam Valverde• November 7, 2018 Donald Trump on the campaign trail: His three reasons to fear Democrats, fact-checked By Jon Greenberg• October 8, 2018 A post-mortem on Georgia's midterm elections By April Hunt• November 5, 2014 2022 candidates use ads vowing to be tough on China, or attacking rivals as too soft on China By Tom Kertscher• March 3, 2022 Donald Trump, the least accurate politician we've ever covered, eyes another White House run By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 14, 2022 Midterm elections: What does history say? And what could make 2022 different? By Louis Jacobson• September 12, 2022 PolitiFact Iowa: The term ‘red wave’ is more complicated than you think By Sabine Martin• November 29, 2022 How days of vote counting became go-to ‘evidence’ for false election fraud claims By Madison Czopek• November 15, 2022 Unpacking the theory that the 14th Amendment could keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office in 2024 By Louis Jacobson• February 4, 2022 How will social media platforms respond to election misinformation? It isn’t clear By Hana Stepnick• August 1, 2022 How Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube plan to address 2024 election misinformation By Sevana Wenn• July 6, 2023 Happy Birthday to Us! By Willoughby Mariano• June 5, 2011 Trade and tariffs in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report By Manuela Tobias• September 24, 2018 Fact-checking the Florida candidates for governor and U.S. Senate By Amy Sherman• August 29, 2018 What's at stake in the midterms: A primer on 8 key issues for 2018 By Louis Jacobson• November 5, 2018 What Mitch McConnell said about Supreme Court confirmations in election years By Amy Sherman• July 2, 2018 Medicare in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report By Jon Greenberg• September 11, 2018 Potential 2024 contenders, including Trump, keep the focus on 'freedom' By Tom Kertscher• November 15, 2022
