Politifact's Ten Most Reviewed Politicians

Celebrating their 10-year anniversary, Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking site, Politifact.com, just released a list and breakdown of their ten most reviewed politicians. Here is said list and breakdown, starting with the politician who has been reviewed the most and moving in descending order:

Barack Obama: 598 Total, 288 True/Mostly True (48.2%), 150 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (25.1%), Net +23.1%

Donald Trump: 436 Total, 72 True/Mostly True (16.5%), 301 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (69.0%), Net -52.5%

Hillary Clinton 294 Total, 148 True/Mostly True (50.3%), 77 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (26.2%), Net +24.1%

Mitt Romney: 206 Total, 63 True/Mostly True (30.6%), 85 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (41.3%), Net -10.7%

John McCain: 184 Total, 74 True/Mostly True (40.2%), 79 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (42.9%), Net -2.7%

Scott Walker: 180 Total, 65 True/Mostly True (36.1%), 81 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (45.0%), Net -8.9%

Rick Perry: 173 Total, 50 True/Mostly True (28.9%), 79 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (45.7%), Net -16.8%

Marco Rubio: 152 Total, 55 True/Mostly True (36.2%), 65 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (42.8%), Net -6.6%

Rick Scott: 148 Total, 50 True/Mostly True (33.8%), 60 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (40.5%), Net -6.7%

Ted Cruz: 119 Total, 26 True/Mostly True (21.8%), 77 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (64.7%), Net -42.9%

Here's how these ten politicians rank alongside one another when it comes to their net honesty scores:

1. Hillary Clinton: +24.1%
2. Barack Obama: +23.1%
3. John McCain: -2.7%
4. Marco Rubio: -6.6%
5. Rick Scott: -6.7%
6. Scott Walker: -8.9%
7. Mitt Romney: -10.7%
8. Rick Perry: -16.8%
9. Ted Cruz: -42.9%
10. Donald Trump: -52.5%

Here's how the before-mentioned numbers would look if we broke things down by party:

Democrats (2): 892 Total, 436 True/Mostly True (48.9%), 227 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (25.4%), Net +23.5%

Republicans (8): 1,598 Total, 455 True/Mostly True (28.5%), 827 Mostly False/False/Pants on Fire (51.8%), Net -23.3%

1. Democrats: +23.5%
2. Republicans: -23.3%

Of course, conservative media outlets are claiming these numbers prove Politifact is liberally-biased. No, the numbers simply show that facts tend to have a liberal bias...

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http://www.politifact.com/personalities/scott-walker/

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/john-mccain/

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/rick-perry/

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/marco-rubio/

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/rick-scott/

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/ted-cruz/

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