Will Barack Obama keep his 2008 campaign promises?

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Will Barack Obama keep his 2008 campaign promises?

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kruijs in Politics » United States
Settled on 01/22/2013 21:54 Settled by

kruijs

Winning option:Most promises not kept Promise Kept 241

Compromise 130
Promise Broken 119
Stalled 2

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/

Predictions

Most promises kept

"Primise kept" number larger than "Compromised", "Broken" and "Stalled" combined

Most promises not kept

"Primise kept" number equal or smaller than "Compromised", "Broken" and "Stalled" combined

Background

PolitiFact has compiled 506 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on their "Obameter".

PolitiFact.com is a project that is operated by the St. Petersburg Times, a project in which its reporters and editors "fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups...." They publish original statements and their evaluations on the PolitiFact.com website, and assign each a "Truth-O-Meter" rating.

PolitiFact.com was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2009 for "its fact-checking initiative during the 2008 presidential campaign that used probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web to examine more than 750 political claims, separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact.com

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01/22/2013 21:54

kruijs

Promise Kept 241
Compromise 130
Promise Broken 119
Stalled 2
In the Works 17

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/

11/27/2012 09:32

kruijs

* Promise Kept 203
* Compromise 95
* Promise Broken 104
* Stalled 25
* In the Works 81

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/

05/08/2012 02:48

BuckeyeTom

It's 190 for Promises Kept vs 180 for the other side. (May 7, 2012)

02/22/2012 02:40

BuckeyeTom

181 vs 167 Still Most Promises Not Kept.

11/07/2011 22:20

kruijs

* Promise Kept 154
* Compromise 48
* Promise Broken 53
* Stalled 67
* In the Works 184

* Not yet rated 2

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/

09/13/2011 05:24

kruijs

* Promise Kept 145
* Compromise 42
* Promise Broken 46
* Stalled 70
* In the Works 203

* Not yet rated 2

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/

06/18/2011 09:59

hfl13

135 Promises kept vs. 152 Combined

03/08/2011 15:35

hfl13

134 Promises kept vs. 150 Combined

01/12/2011 08:54

kruijs

also see:
PolitiFact GOP Pledge-O-Meter: Tracking the promises of the GOP Leadership in Congress
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/gop-pledge-o-meter/

12/28/2010 21:07

kruijs

Current scorecard:
* Promise Kept: 127
* Compromised, Promise Broken, Stalled (40+28+82): 150

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