TRUTH-O-METER: How the candidates rank after being fact-checked
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Candidates are ranked by polling average
DEMOCRATS
Hillary Clinton
24%
Mostly true 27
Half truth
21
Mostly false
14
False 13
Pants on Fire 1
Bemie Sanders
True
Mostly true 36
Donald Tnunp
True L
Mostly true
Half truth
Mostly false
Pants on Fire
Ted Cruz
True
Mostly true
Half truth
Mostly false
6
14
17
42
19
6%
16
13
29
John Kasich
Mostly true
Half truth
Mostly false
False
Pants on Fire
25
17
15
13
5
Half truth
Mostly false
False
Pants on Fire o
Source: PolitiFact
19
16
15
29
Pants on Fire 7
NOTE: Truth-O-Meter scorecards as
of March 18. To leam about the
methodology and to access dynamic
scorecards, which update
automatically when we post new
fact- checks, gotopolitifact.com.
MARK BOSWELL • star Tribune
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