‘Doug Mastriano, Jenna Ellis, and Breitbart Touted a Fake Polling Firm Created by a High School Student’ As midterms loomed in August 2022, politicians and pundits sought favorable polls to share on social media.
Did Biden’s Approval Rating Plummet in a January 2022 Poll? Skewed coverage of a January 12 2022 Quinnipiac University poll spread virally on January 13 2022.
Rasmussen: ‘Trump 2024 Would Beat Either Biden or Harris’ On September 24 2021, AmericanMilitaryNews.com published a story headlined, “Rasmussen poll: Trump beating Biden 51%-41% in 2024 presidential poll,” which claimed: Donald Trump would defeat both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris if the former president decides to run in 2024, a new poll revealed Thursday [September 23 2021]. According to a Rasmussen Reports […]
‘Almost Half of America Thinks Biden is Mentally Unstable According to New Poll’ On September 20 2021, a TrendingPolitics.com post headlined, “Almost Half of America Thinks Biden is Mentally Unstable According to New Poll” appeared on Trendolizer as extremely popular, claiming: According to a new poll conducted by Fox News, only 49% of American voters think President Joe Biden is mentally stable enough to serve as president of the […]
‘New Poll Spells Doom For Democrats in the 2022 Midterm Elections’ On April 27 2021, news of a purportedly damning poll was widely viewed and shared.
Do Only 3 Percent of Trump Voters Believe Joe Biden is the ‘Legitimate Winner’ of the 2020 Election? A CNBC/Change Research poll cited by Breitbart suggested that only a small number of Trump voters are not crying foul at his decisive loss in the presidential election.
Did a Majority of Americans in a Poll Say Trump Should Concede? A single-source article reporting that a majority of Americans polled said Trump should concede went viral, but the underlying data didn't seem to be available at press time.
Pennsylvania Bakery Cookie Poll’s ‘Landslide’ Result Goes Viral A day before the November 3 2020 election, an informal "cookie poll" attracted significant news coverage.
Local News Station Conducts Voting Poll Listing Bernie Sanders as ‘Other’? Viewers cried foul after a segment appeared to omit the Vermont senator and presidential candidate.
President Donald Trump’s 32 Percent Approval Rating per CBS Poll vs. ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop’ at 33 Percent per Rotten Tomatoes? A protest sign claimed that the President of the United States had an approval rating one point lower than a decade-old film that was panned by critics.
