Trump routinely says things that aren't true. Few Americans believe him.
Source: Washington Post
Trump routinely says things that aren’t true. Few Americans believe him.
Reporting by Glenn Kessler and Scott Clement
Graphics by Kevin Schaul
Analysis and fact-checking by Emily Guskin, Meg Kelly and Salvador Rizzo
Dec. 14, 2018
For months, President Trump has claimed that U.S. Steel has announced plans to build more than six new plants. Throughout the midterm election, he repeatedly said that Democrats had signed onto an “open borders” bill. And he has long charged that millions of fraudulent votes were cast in the 2016 election.
None of these claims is true. What’s more, most Americans don’t believe them, according to a new Washington Post Fact Checker poll.
Fewer than 3 in 10 Americans — including fewer than 4 in 10 Republicans — believe these or several other prominent claims by the president, according to the poll.
The poll sought to determine what Americans believe — the truth or the president. The Post has never conducted this type of poll before and it serves as the most comprehensive examination of whether Trump’s false and misleading claims have taken root among the broader American public.
The survey included 18 pairs of opposing statements — one true, one false — without identifying who made the statement. Eleven questions gauging belief in false claims by Trump were mixed among four false claims by Democrats, a true claim by Trump and two probing other factual statements.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/politics/political-knowledge-poll-trump-falsehoods/
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Related: Washington Post Fact Checker poll, Nov. 30-Dec. 10, 2018
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