Some folks may be surprised that the number is this high, but only four percent (4%) of U.S. voters say most politicians keep their campaign promises.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 76% say the majority of politicians do not keep the promises they make on the campaign trail. Nearly one-out-of five voters (19%) aren’t sure.
Voters are evenly divided, however, over why the politicians break their promises. Forty-five percent (45%) believe it’s because they deliberately made a false promise to get elected. Forty-three percent (43%) take a more charitable approach and say unforeseen events after they took office forced the politicians to break their promises.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Promises
One feature of our book is a repeated box on "Pledges and Promises." The box in chapter 11 explains that broken campaign promises can severely damage politicians, which is why they usually try to keep them. And yet a new poll suggests that the public perception is different. From Rasmussen:
