Claim: In the New York 9th District, "there is a large number of people who went to the polls tonight who didn't support the president to begin with and don't support Democrats -- and it's nothing more than that."
Fact-check: Debbie Wasserman Schultz downplays meaning in New York special election loss
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Aaron Sharockman
Date published: 2011-09-14T00:00:00