“In 2020, more people voted in America than ever in the history of America, in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic.”
What PolitiFact found
The number of votes has mostly set new records every four years, in line with population growth. As a percentage of the voting eligible population, the turnout rate in 2020 was higher than in any election since 1900.
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In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 13 July 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 July 2021. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- c-span.orghttps://www.c-span.org/video/?513361-1/president-biden-delivers-remarks-voting-rights&liv…
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