Methodology · Version 1.0 · Oct 24, 2026

How the record is built

Every material claim links to a primary source where one exists. What someone said, what a bill says, how lawmakers voted, what the executive branch did, and what evidence shows happened are recorded as separate things.

Source hierarchy

Official legislative records and bill text (Congress.gov, House and Senate roll-call records)
State election authorities, for candidate qualification and certified results
Federal Election Commission filings
Official candidate and campaign pages, for stated positions
Official hearing video and transcripts
Inspector general reports, GAO audits, and court records
Independent, nonpartisan reference publishers, chiefly Ballotpedia, used to find and cross-check records
Reputable reporting, used to find sources and add context, not to replace them

Partisan or opinion outlets are not used as the source for any record. Wikipedia is used only as a temporary cross-check where a Ballotpedia page could not be reached, and is labeled as such.

Candidate records

Official record checked: The candidate appears on an official election authority's general-election candidate list, and that list is linked. For statewide races this can be the state election office or a county election office's copy of the statewide ballot.
Official check pending: The candidate is listed by an independent election-reference source, normally Ballotpedia. The record names that source and stays labeled pending until an official election list is checked.
Promises: Collected only from the candidate's own published platform, statements, debates, and releases. Each one carries its source and capture date. If nothing is found, the record says "not found." Positions are never inferred from party affiliation.

Bill status labels

Introduced · In committee · Reported · Passed one chamber · Passed both chambers · Signed · Vetoed · Overridden · Expired at end of Congress · Withdrawn · Failed

A bill that passed only one chamber has not become law. If the Senate never acts on a House bill, there is no presidential veto to record. A veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote of members present in each chamber.

Promise status labels

Fulfilled: The promised action happened, and the record links to it.
Partially fulfilled: Some milestones were met, and the record lists which ones.
In progress: Action is underway at a documented step.
Blocked by another actor: The person who made the promise lacked the authority to complete it, and the record names who controlled the missing step.
Not fulfilled: The person had the authority to act and the deadline passed, or no action was taken.
Withdrawn or changed: The person publicly dropped or materially changed the commitment.
Insufficient evidence: The record cannot support a judgment yet.

Oversight and investigations

Evidence is labeled by type: allegation, testimony, documentary evidence, committee finding, inspector-general finding, court finding, or unresolved. Announcing an investigation is not proof of misconduct. Responses and contrary evidence are included, and preliminary or contested findings are labeled as such.

Corrections

Consequential errors are never changed silently. Each correction is logged publicly with the date, the original claim, the correction, and the source. See the corrections page.

Privacy

The site counts page views so it can see which records people use and which need more attention. It does not use cookies, does not store IP addresses, and does not collect names, emails, or accounts.

For each page view it records the page, the approximate state or country the visit came from (based on network location), the referring website's name, and a one-way code that changes every day. That code lets a visitor be counted once per day without being identifiable or tracked across days. Browsers with Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control turned on are not counted.

Independence

PromiseToPolicy is not affiliated with Congress, any political party, any campaign, or the Department of Government Efficiency. Funding and ownership disclosures will be published on this page.