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Graham Platner stated on June 9, 2026 in a primary night speech:

Sen. Susan Collins votes “with Donald Trump 95% of the time.”

By Amy Sherman • June 10, 2026

Donald Trump stated on November 7, 2018 in a press conference:

"In the House, Republicans dramatically outperformed historical precedents."

By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2018

Fareed Zakaria stated on June 10, 2018 in in a monologue:

"When you tally up their representation in Congress and governorships, the Democrats almost have their lowest representation in about 100 years."

By John Kruzel • June 15, 2018

Corey Lewandowski stated on February 11, 2018 in a rally in Sarasota:

"Fifty seats have already changed hands from the Republicans to the Democrats since Donald Trump was elected."

By Allison Graves • February 15, 2018

Tom McClintock stated on April 28, 2017 in a radio interview:

"President Trump has passed more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Harry Truman."

By Chris Nichols • May 1, 2017

Sean Spicer stated on April 25, 2017 in the daily White House press briefing:

Trump has "worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Truman."

By Lauren Carroll • April 27, 2017

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

Cokie Roberts stated on January 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.

By Katie Sanders • January 25, 2015

George Will stated on October 5, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"The last time there was a sustained surge of confidence in government's competence was under Ronald Reagan."

By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2014

Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2008 in a television ad.:

"He took on special interests and won, passing the toughest ethics law yet."

By Adriel Bettelheim • April 14, 2008

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Articles (28)

Santa Claus or Tony Soprano? Trump’s midterm ‘goodies’ are conditioned on GOP control

By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2026

Trump’s midterm rallies: A fact-checked guide to talking points, falsehoods

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2026

From booze-filled parties to mail ballots: How did American voting actually evolve?

By Amy Sherman • June 29, 2026

Donald Trump election night victory party in West Palm Beach, Fla., 11-6-2024

How big was Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory? 8 charts explain

By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2024

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • March 8, 2024

Matt Gaetz’s motion to vacate the House speakership: what to know

By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2023

Why ousting the House speaker could be easy in 118th Congress

By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: What is independent state legislature theory, and could it create election chaos?

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2022

With Georgia’s race still undecided, a look at whether Democrats’ midterm Senate wins are historic

By Tom Kertscher • December 1, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa: The term ‘red wave’ is more complicated than you think

By Sabine Martin • November 29, 2022

Potential 2024 contenders, including Trump, keep the focus on ‘freedom’

By Tom Kertscher • November 15, 2022

Nevada vote sign in Las Vegas, 11-8-2022

Why days of ballot counting isn’t suspicious

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Madison Czopek • November 9, 2022

Experts say Biden’s achievements are similar to recent presidents. But Democrats aren’t touting them

By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2022

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Scaring voters to the polls? How political ads use crime statistics to try to sway voters

By Tom Kertscher • September 28, 2022

Midterm elections: What does history say? And what could make 2022 different?

By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2022

Why are Democrats taking sides in GOP primaries?

By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2022

The race for the Nevada Senate seat: A guide

By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2022

A voter guide to North Carolina’s Senate primaries

By Louis Jacobson, Paul Specht • May 13, 2022

The race for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat: A guide

By Paul Specht • April 13, 2022

The race for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat: A guide

By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2022