Working with Scott Clement and Emily Guskin of The Washington Post polling department, the Fact Checker team developed a poll designed to test whether President Trump’s repeated false claims are being accepted as true by the American public. The Post has never conducted this type of poll, and it serves as the most comprehensive examination of whether Trump’s false and misleading claims have taken root among the broader American public. The survey included 18 pairs of opposing statements — one true, one false — without identifying who made the statement. Eleven questions gauging belief in false claims by Trump were mixed among four false claims by Democrats, a true claim by Trump and two probing other factual statements. (About our rating scale)Send us facts to check by filling out this formSign up for the Fact Checker weekly newsletterThe Fact Checker is a verified signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network code of principles

Source: Washington Post December 14, 2018 17:57 UTC