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August 24, 2015 By Allen Clifton
Trying to follow politics can be overwhelming at times, especially during presidential elections when theres almost no break from the moment the first candidate announces theyre running for president to election day itself. Then when you factor in the sheer number of presidential candidates we have this election cycle (especially on the Republican side), at times it does seem more like a sad circus than a presidential election.
With all of this information floating out there, sometimes its hard to really put things into perspective. So I figured Id gather some numbers from the non-partisan fact-checking site Politifact to highlight how often some of these candidates actually tell the truth.
The reason I like to use Politifact is that theyre highly respected, non-partisan and their investigations are almost always thorough. The site uses six metrics to determine the honesty of a statement: True, Mostly True, Half True, Mostly False, False and Pants on Fire. For this article Im going to considered True/Mostly True statements to be honest, Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire are dishonest, and Ill ignore Half True because those are often highly subjective and can go either way.
For the sake of time Ive decided to stick to Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Scott Walker and Jeb Bush, as theyre the candidates who seem to top most polls. I would have included Ben Carson, but hes only had five comments fact-checked, which just wasnt enough of a sample to include him in this article.
So, lets get started. You can check out any candidates full file by clicking on their name as well, if youd like.
Hillary Clinton: Honest: 51% Dishonest: 28%
Bernie Sanders: Honest: 52% Dishonest: 28%
Donald Trump: Honest: 5% Dishonest: 79%
Jeb Bush: Honest: 51% Dishonest: 30%
Ted Cruz: Honest: 18% Dishonest: 68%
Scott Walker: Honest: 34% Dishonest: 48%
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http://www.forwardprogressives.com/startling-breakdown-how-often-top-presidential-candidates-lie/?
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)That made me chuckle. Perhaps, it was the order.
alarimer
(16,245 posts)I pretty much don't believe anything they say.