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Pre-election Politifact scorecards

We're about 24 hours away from election day (12 if you want to get technical), so I thought I'd share the presidential and vice presidential nominees' Politifact scorecards going into the big day.

Republican Ticket
Donald Trump
True: 4% (14 out of 328)
Mostly True: 11% (36 out of 328)
Half True/Half False: 15% (48 out of 328)
Mostly False: 19% (63 out of 328)
False: 34% (110 out of 328)
Pants on Fire: 17% (57 out of 328)

True/Mostly True: 15%
False/Mostly False/Pants on Fire: 70%
Net: -55%


Mike Pence
True: 11% (4 out of 38)
Mostly True: 11% (4 out of 38)
Half True/Half False: 32% (12 out of 38)
Mostly False: 21% (8 out of 38)
False: 26% (10 out of 38)
Pants on Fire: 0% (0 out of 38)

True/Mostly True: 22%
False/Mostly False/Pants on Fire: 47%
Net: -25%



Democratic Ticket
Hillary Clinton
True: 25% (72 out of 295)
Mostly True: 26% (76 out of 295)
Half True/Half False: 24% (69 out of 295)
Mostly False: 14% (40 out of 295)
False: 10% (29 out of 295)
Pants on Fire: 2% (7 out of 295)

True/Mostly True: 51%
False/Mostly False/Pants on Fire: 26%
Net: +25%


Tim Kaine
True: 20% (10 out of 51)
Mostly True: 29% (15 out of 51)
Half True/Half False: 29% (15 out of 51)
Mostly False: 16% (8 out of 51)
False: 6% (3 out of 51)
Pants on Fire: 0% (0 out of 51)

True/Mostly True: 49%
False/Mostly False/Pants on Fire: 22%
Net: +27%



Overall Numbers
Republican Ticket
True: 4.9% (18 out of 366)
Mostly True: 10.9% (40 out of 366)
Half True/Half False: 16.4% (60 out of 366)
Mostly False: 19.4% (71 out of 366)
False: 32.8% (120 out of 366)
Pants on Fire: 15.6% (57 out of 366)

True/Mostly True: 15.8%
False/Mostly False/Pants on Fire: 67.8%
Net: -52.0%

Democratic Ticket
True: 23.7% (82 out of 346)
Mostly True: 26.3% (91 out of 346)
Half True/Half False: 24.2% (84 out of 346)
Mostly False: 13.9% (48 out of 346)
False: 9.2% (32 out of 346)
Pants on Fire: 2.0% (7 out of 346)

True/Mostly True: 50.2%
False/Mostly False/Pants on Fire: 25.1%
Net: +25.1%

Difference: Democratic Ticket +77.1%/Republican Ticket -77.1%

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