“The young vote, of people under 29 years of age, increased by 33% over where it was four years ago, and was even higher than Obama’s extraordinary victory in 2008.”
Bernie Sanders
Democratic candidate for president. NBC’s “Meet the Press". Claim dated 9 Feb 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
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Bernie Sanders (Democratic candidate for president) made this claim around 9 February 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 February 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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.
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