“America has 133 million registered voters,” but “159 million votes” were cast in the 2020 presidential election.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 27 Feb 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Experts say as many as 215 million voters were registered for the 2020 election. That far outnumbers the 159 million ballots cast.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 March 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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