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The Obameter: Tracking Obama’s Campaign Promises

January 28, 2009

Came across this site a few days before Barack Obama’s recent inauguration into the presidency. This website, developed by the St. Petersburg Times, aims to catalog all of the promises Obama made during his campaign. In doing so, the Obameter keeps track of the status of these promises, whether Kept, Compromised, Broken, Stalled, In the Works, or with No Action. I think the Obameter is a creative way to view this information in comparison to standard news outlets. It’s fun to see the progress he’s made in keeping the promises he announced during his campaign. It will be interesting to watch the status of these promises over the next four years. As of the time of this writing, Obama has kept 1 promise, compromised 1, stalled 1, and has 17 in the works. Obama’s yet to break any promises, but he still has 485 to go.

My predictions? I will guess that at the end of 4 years we’ll see something like 200 kept, 100 compromised, 50 broken, 100 stalled, 100 in the works, and 150 no action taken. Think I’m wrong? Think you can do better? Let’s discuss it in the comments. Then in four years we can come back and see who was right.