“At 91, he was still fishing for walleye. He lived his life every single day,” Walz said. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook.“He embodied a sense of joy. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or e-newspaper here. 26, 2021, NovemPresidential Election: Official Final Election Results
USA TODAY, June 13, Protesters gather outside Miami courthouse for 'historical day' of Trump's arraignment.USA TODAY reached out to the social media users who shared the post for comment but did not receive an immediate response. Mike Sanchez, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters, told USA TODAY in an email that “this type of mis- and disinformation – broad, unfounded, unsubstantiated claims – undermines the integrity of the election process and discourages voter participation.” However, he still won more than 50% of the votes in the county, receiving more than 800,000 votes, according to the Orange County Registrar of Voters. In Orange County, Biden’s lead was less pronounced. He also won more than 60% of the votes in San Diego County, receiving more than 900,000 votes, according to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters. The post also erroneously claims Trump received the majority of votes in Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange counties.īiden won more than 70% of the votes in Los Angeles County, receiving more than 3 million votes, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar. That year, Reagan got the majority of votes in all but five California counties, according to certified election results provided by Kocurek.įact check: What's true about the 2020 election, vote counting, Electoral College
The map appears to reflect the results of the 1984 presidential election, in which incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan beat former Democratic Vice President Walter Mondale in a landslide victory. Official vote tallies show Biden, a Democrat, received more votes than Trump in 35 of California’s 58 counties, winning more than 60% of total votes across the state. Map shows presidential election results from 1984, not 2020Īll but five of the counties on the map are red, which would appear to indicate that former President Donald Trump, a Republican, won the majority of the votes in those counties in the 2020 election.īut the map does not accurately reflect the certified results of the 2020 election in the state, said Joe Kocurek, a spokesperson for the California secretary of state. The map in the post appears to match the results of the 1984 presidential election. President Joe Biden won the majority of votes at the county and state levels in 2020. The map of California in the post does not accurately reflect the state's certified results from the 2020 presidential election. Other versions of the claim were shared on Twitter and Facebook, including a tweet from former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.įollow us on Facebook! Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunks Our rating: False
It was also shared more than 20 times on Facebook, according to the social media analytics tool CrowdTangle. The tweet was retweeted more than 2,000 times. In all the rest of California - including Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County - Trump won BIG in California!" “It is just because of the MASSIVE election fraud that stupid, brainwashed people believe Calif. “California is RED,” reads the text in the post.
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Claire Hardwick, USA TODAY The claim: Map shows 2020 election results in CaliforniaĪ June 2 Facebook post ( direct link, archive link) features a screenshot of a tweet showing a map of California's counties, almost all of which are colored red.
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