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title: ""Political scientists have been studying the question of campaign…"
date: 2017-05-16
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# "Political scientists have been studying the question of campaign…

*May 16, 2017 · Facebook*

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[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-keep-most-of-their-promises/](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-keep-most-of-their-promises/){target="_blank"}
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\"Political scientists have been studying the question of campaign promises for almost 50 years, and the results are remarkably consistent. Most of the literature suggests that presidents make at least a "good faith" effort to keep an average of about two-thirds of their campaign promises; the exact numbers differ from study to study, depending on how the authors define what counts as a campaign promise and what it means to keep it.\"\
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[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-keep-most-of-their-promises/](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-keep-most-of-their-promises/){target="_blank"}
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