“The U.S. has "the lowest voter turnout of almost any major country on Earth.”
Bernie Sanders
Democratic presidential candidate. a speech. Claim dated 29 Feb 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisU.S. ranks near bottom
In short
Bernie Sanders (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 29 February 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 March 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “U.S. ranks near bottom”.
Bernie Sanders has 49 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 6 of them false or fake, 35 misleading or mixed and 4 true.
Where the claim appeared
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