Fri, Sep 3, 2004 1:47pm ET

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Chris Matthews falsely claimed: "There are fewer Democrats compared to how many Republicans there are"

In order to argue that Democrats must politically outmaneuver Republicans because they can no longer rely on a numerical advantage to win elections, Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, falsely claimed on his September 2 show that "[t]here are fewer Democrats compared to how many Republicans there are."

USA Today founder and columnist Al Neuharth noted on January 22, citing Ballot Access News, that Democrats still have a significant numerical advantage over Republicans in the number of registered voters: "An estimated 201.5 million U.S. citizens age 18 or over will be eligible to vote Nov. 2. ... Of these, about 55 million are registered Republicans. About 72 million registered Democrats."

—A.S.

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