5 of 11 tax pledges were enacted as pledged or in part, against 2 of 21 election and ethics pledges
Source. American Presidency Project, 2016 Republican, 2020 Democratic and 2024 Republican party platforms; Comparative Agendas Project, Democratic and Republican party platform files
Method and data
Method. Two coders, independently and from the record, placed each in-scope pledge in the next Congress: enacted as pledged or in part (a Public Law), voted and failed (a roll call), never brought to a vote (none in Congress.gov bill-status records via govinfo); disagreements and unsettled records are not scored. Each bar counts the pledges enacted as pledged or in part, of the platform’s in-scope pledges in the area, from this part’s pledge calls. Full rubric: the pledge coding rubric.
| Platform | Platform name | Next Congress | Area | In-scope pledges | Enacted as pledged or in part | Enacted as pledged | Enacted in part | Voted and failed | Never brought to a vote | Not scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R2016 | 2016 Republican | 115 | tax | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D2020 | 2020 Democratic | 117 | tax | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| R2024 | 2024 Republican | 119 | tax | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R2016 | 2016 Republican | 115 | elections and ethics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| D2020 | 2020 Democratic | 117 | elections and ethics | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| R2024 | 2024 Republican | 119 | elections and ethics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
