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“Uses a skewed bar graph to show Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's polling advantage over Republican rival David Perdue in a hypothetical general election matchup with Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams.”
Brian Kemp Governor of Georgia. Twitter. Claim dated 7 Apr 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading

What FactCheck.org found

An Emerson College/The Hill poll indicates Kemp would beat Abrams by 2 percentage points more than Perdue would. But side-by-side graphics in the tweet make the difference appear larger.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Brian Kemp (Governor of Georgia) made this claim around 7 April 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 April 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.

Brian Kemp has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.