Democratic Party
Barack Obama
2009-2017
Barack Obama shows a net positive impact profile, with positive contributions in Health Care and negative outcomes in Housing / Foreclosure.
Direct confidence
MEDIUM
Based on 10 scored outcomes.
Promises tracked
16
16 linked outcomes currently visible.
Delivered promises
8
Promise tracker performance stays separate from the impact score.
Source footprint
13
Evidence access stays visible on the profile rather than buried in methodology.
Impact over time
Impact declined after 2010, driven by Courts / Housing / Civil Rights.
Top contributing topics
Topic contributions explain where the score is actually coming from.
Top records
Policies and promises driving this profile
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| Policy | Topic | Status | Impact Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ban pre-existing-condition exclusions | Health Care | Delivered | — |
| Ease federal restrictions on embryonic stem cell research | Science / Health | Delivered | — |
| Enact a credit card bill of rights | Consumer Protection / Financial Regulation | Delivered | — |
| Expand children's health insurance coverage | Health Care / Children | Delivered | — |
| Reduce the federal crack-powder sentencing disparity | Criminal Justice | Delivered | — |
| Launch a homeowner stabilization and foreclosure-prevention effort | Housing / Foreclosure | Failed | — |
Trust and evidence
Direct score remains the headline metric. Systemic score is shown nearby when downstream judicial attribution exists and is strong enough to defend.
Sources
13
Source Quality
Profile evidence footprint
Confidence
MEDIUM
Completeness
16 outcomes in visible promise set
What shaped this score
Driver visibility
The presidential score should be readable as a structured result, not a mystery number. These drivers show where the strongest movement came from in the available dataset.
Strongest positive drivers
Ban pre-existing-condition exclusions
Health Care • Delivered
Ease federal restrictions on embryonic stem cell research
Science / Health • Delivered
Enact a credit card bill of rights
Consumer Protection / Financial Regulation • Delivered
Strongest negative drivers
Launch a homeowner stabilization and foreclosure-prevention effort
Housing / Foreclosure • Failed
Topic contributions
Consumer Protection / Financial Regulation
1.00Courts / Housing / Civil Rights
1.00Criminal Justice
1.00Health Care
1.00Impact Direction mix
Positive 9 • Negative 1 • Mixed 0 • Blocked 0
Mixed and blocked outcomes stay visible because presidential scores should not hide conflicting or incomplete implementation.
Promise tracker snapshot
Status mix for this presidential record
Promise status stays visible on the profile because delivery, blockage, and partial fulfillment help explain the shape of the broader governing record.
Delivered
0
Promise status count in the currently visible tracker set.
In Progress
0
Promise status count in the currently visible tracker set.
Partial
0
Promise status count in the currently visible tracker set.
Failed
0
Promise status count in the currently visible tracker set.
Blocked
0
Promise status count in the currently visible tracker set.
How to interpret promise outcomes
Promise outcomes provide context for how stated goals translated into policy action. They help explain implementation, but they are not the same thing as presidential Impact Score.
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