It's common to hear false claims on Election Day, election night and as votes are counted. Here are some things to know so you don't fall for the falsehoods.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Trump tweeted the claim on Nov. 4, 2020, "Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled.
62% : But in other states, Biden led and Trump came back to take the lead.
51% : For example, in Pennsylvania, if it takes longer to count votes in left-leaning Philadelphia than in a more right-leaning part of the state, it's possible that Trump could lead the state early in the night but see the margins shift later.
48% : When Trump began to speak in the early morning of Nov. 4, at 2:21 a.m. ET, states were still following normal procedures to count ballots.
48% : "In some states, Trump did initially lead, only to see Biden eventually take the lead.
46% : Days later, Trump falsely said at an Allentown, Pennsylvania, rally, "We caught them with 2,600 votes. ...
34% : Trump and his supporters have falsely claimed that Democrats are behind a scheme to lure noncitizens to the U.S. to vote in federal elections.
32% : "We should call this what it is: Trump laying the groundwork so he can cast doubt on the 2024 results if he doesn't win," Joanna Lydgate, CEO of the nonpartisan States United Democracy Center, told PolitiFact in early October.
29% : Speaking at the White House hours after the polls closed in 2020, Trump said, "We want all voting to stop.
25% : That's what happened in Tarrant County, Texas, when one person out of more than 100,000 voters reported having a vote for Trump changed to Harris when the ballot was printed.
24% : An October Instagram post said voting machines in Shelby County, Tennessee, were swapping votes from Harris to Trump.
15% : But that's what one ridiculous viral video appears to show, leading X users to claim that mail ballots with votes for Trump are being destroyed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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