Polling · 2025-04-29
More Americans thought the country was on the right track than wrong track
Misleading
Trump claimed that for the first time in modern history more Americans believed the country was heading in the right direction than the wrong direction.
What the evidence shows
He relied on a favorable pollster while other contemporaneous surveys found more respondents believed the country was on the wrong track.
What happened next
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Assessment notes
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