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Questions - Political Promises - October 12-13, 2010

Most Voters Prefer A Candidate Who Lays Off The Pork
Voters Believe Overwhelmingly That Politicians Don’t Keep Their Promises, and Most Say It’s Deliberate
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 12-13, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Do most politicians keep their campaign promises?

 

 

2* When politicians break campaign promises, is it usually because they deliberately made a false promise to get elected or because of unforeseen events after they took office?

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence