Are these 57 counties of thousands in the United States "needed" to win the Electoral College? No, that's misleading: A map showing 14 states that include 57 populous counties as a potential path to 270 Electoral College votes is not corr
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https://www.factcheck.org/2021/01/factchecking-the-electoral-college-debate/ The process of certifying
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Electoral College Debate
The process of certifying Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States occurred in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, after being disrupted by rioters and delayed by Republicans who repeated false and misleading claims about the election result
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Why Georgia Won’t Affect Electoral College Count
Two high-stakes runoff elections in Georgia are poised to determine which party controls the Senate over the next two years but won't affect the certification of Electoral College results by Congress
Snopes→ Why Trump’s Senate Supporters Can’t Overturn Electoral College Results
In his refusal to concede, Trump is pressuring VP Mike Pence and Republicans in Congress to delay or oppose certification.
Snopes→ Did DC Mayor Shut Down Amenities To Prevent Electoral College Protesters from Gathering?
The mayor did ask residents to avoid downtown but not for the reasons some asserted on social media.
Snopes→ GOP Torn Over Trump’s Electoral College Challenge of Biden
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging Republicans not to try to overturn the election, but not everyone is heeding him.
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: How Congress Will Count Electoral College Votes
The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is generally a routine, ceremonious affair.
Snopes→ Missouri Senator to Contest Electoral College Win for Biden
President Donald Trump has pushed Republican senators to pursue his unfounded charges even though the Electoral College this month cemented Biden’s 306-232 victory and multiple legal efforts to challenge the results have failed.
Snopes→ Lori Loughlin Released After Prison Term in College Scam
The "Full House" star and her husband admitted to paying $500,000 to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as crew recruits even though neither girl was a rower.
Snopes→ Does Electoral College End Election for Conservative Media?
Throughout the Trump era, conservatives who opposed the president have generally lost their media platforms while pro-Trump voices have been ascendant.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Supreme Court Is NOT Granting Trump 34 More Electoral College Votes
Did the Supreme Court issue a decision granting Donald Trump 34 more electoral votes than originally tabulated following the general election? No, that's not true: This is a satirical post. The Supreme Court issued no such ruling nor did
Snopes→ The Electoral College System Isn’t ‘One Person, One Vote’
Voters in small states have more Electoral College votes per capita than larger, more diverse states, and therefore more power to choose a president than they would have in a national popular election.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Actual Results Of The Election’ Do NOT Show Donald Trump With More Electoral College Votes Than Joe Biden
Do "actual results of the election" show Donald Trump winning the Electoral College with 410 electoral votes to Joe Biden's 128 votes? No, that's not true: December 8, 2020, was the deadline for states to certify their 2020, election resu
Liste→ Pakistani social media posts share misleading claim after group arrested for ‘selling fake medical college exam paper’
Several photos have been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts which claim they show leaked copies of an entrance exam for a medical college in Pakistan. The posts also feature a photo of a handcuffed man alongside a claim he was detai
Snopes→ US Colleges Mull New Virus Protocols for Students’ Return
A growing number of schools will stick with virtual instruction through the spring.
Snopes→ Trump Says He’ll Leave If Electoral College Seats Biden
President Donald Trump said that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden's victory — even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake.”
Snopes→ States Certifying Results Ahead of Electoral College Meeting
States have begun certifying their results from the Nov. 3 presidential election in the run-up to the Electoral College meeting in mid-December.
Liste→ Joe Biden, not Donald Trump, leads in Electoral College votes
An article and map shared thousands of times on social media days after the election claim that Donald Trump is leading Joe Biden if “illegal” votes are discounted, and that Trump still has “paths to victory.” The article is false; it relies on
Snopes→ Who Invented the Electoral College?
The delegates in Philadelphia agreed, in the summer of 1787, that the new country they were creating would not have a king but rather an elected executive. But they did not agree on how to choose that president.
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Dubious Plan to Pay for Free State College
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has twice botched a talking point on an already dubious claim that his proposal for a minimum corporate tax would pay for his free-tuition plan. Several independent tax groups that have analyzed Biden’s t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Say He Attended College At HBCU Delaware State University
Did Joe Biden say he attended college at HBCU Delaware State University? No, that's not true. A comment made by the former vice president during the campaign in 2019 that he "got started out of an HBCU, Delaware State University," a histo
Top Fact Checks→ You said you went to Delaware State, but you forgot the name of your college. You didn’t go to Delaware State.
Biden makes no direct claim of attending the university, as claimed by Trump. Biden’s statement was taken out of context and was mischaracterized.
Snopes→ Infection Rates Soar in College Towns as Students Return
Among the 50 large U.S. counties with the highest percentages of student residents, 20 have consistently reported higher rates of new virus cases than their states have since Sept. 1.
Top Fact Checks→ Trump signed into law historically high funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and a bill for their permanent funding.
Trump signed the FUTURE Act in 2019 ensuring HBCUs receive funding for the next 10 years, but the Congress appropriated the historically high funding.
Snopes→ Loughlin, Giannulli Get Prison Time in College Bribery Plot
They are among nearly 30 prominent parents to plead guilty in the case, which federal prosecutors dubbed "Operation Varsity Blues."
Snopes→ Trump: Closing Colleges Amid Outbreaks ‘Could Cost Lives’
President Donald Trump blasted universities that have canceled in-person classes amid coronavirus outbreaks, saying the move could ultimately cost lives rather than saving them.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say She Listened To Snoop And Tupac In College
Did Kamala Harris say that when she was in college she listened to Snoop and Tupac, although their music was not released until six years after she graduated? No, that's not true: Sen. Harris did tell a radio show host that she l
Snopes→ Michigan College Defies State Warnings, Holds Graduation
A small conservative college in southern Michigan has defied warnings from state public health officials during the coronavirus pandemic by hosting an in-person graduation ceremony.
Snopes→ Trump Threatens to Pull Tax Exemption for Schools, Colleges
In his push to get schools and colleges to reopen this fall, President Donald Trump is again taking aim at their finances, this time threatening their tax-exempt status.
Snopes→ Did Trump Say Foreigners Attending College in the US ‘Should Not Be Thrown Out’?
At some universities, international students account for a third of the undergraduate student body, and they represent the majority of students in many graduate programs.
Snopes→ Loughlin, Giannulli Plead in College Scam; Await Fate
Loughlin and Giannulli were among dozens of wealthy parents, athletic coaches and others charged last year in the bribery scheme.
Snopes→ Loughlin, Giannulli to Serve Prison Time for College Scam
The couple agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in a plea agreement filed in Boston’s federal court.
Snopes→ Colleges Plan Fall Opening, But Campuses Won’t Look the Same
Once students are back on campus, the primary goal will be to keep them spaced out, colleges say.
Snopes→ Colleges Offering Dorms as Hospital Overflow for Virus Cases
A growing number of U.S. colleges are preparing to turn empty dorms into temporary housing for patients with the coronavirus as the nation's hospitals brace for a possible surge of cases that could push treatment centers beyond their limits.
TruthOrFiction→ Imperial College London’s COVID-19 Report, Explained
On March 17 2020, an Imperial College London paper about coronavirus and COVID-19 trajectory models was referenced widely in the news and on social media, causing a considerable amount of concern and drawing global attention. Discourse about the Imper
TruthOrFiction→ Did an MSNBC Commentator Say that Recent College Graduates Make ‘$75,000 a Year’?
On February 25 2020, a purported comment from MSNBC commentator Mike Barnicle on talk show Morning Joe netted him accusations of being out of touch with many Americans. Barnicle was not named in the tweet that prompted the accusation, which has been
FactCheck.org→ Story Misrepresents Abrams’ Remarks on Electoral College
Quick Take A story circulating online misleadingly claims Stacey Abrams “boasted that Democrats can ‘jerry-rig the system and go around the Constitution’ to win the 2020 election.” Her comments about moving to a national popular
TruthOrFiction→ Did One of Trump’s College Professors Call Him ‘the Dumbest Goddamn Student I Ever Had’?
An often-circulated quote from a University of Pennsylvania faculty member attacking United States President Donald Trump was posthumously spread second-hand. The purported remark attributed to Wharton School of Business professor William T. Kelley
Snopes→ Did Student Donate College Savings to Bernie 2020 Campaign Because ‘Education Will Be Free When He’s Elected’?
A routine review of content labeled satire.