The 2024 Republican Platform: what they promised, what they did

1. Mixed

   Promise 19 · Elections

   Sep 25, 2026

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   Secure our elections, including same day voting, voter identification, paper ballots, and proof of citizenship2024 Republican Platform, Promise 19
   Did

   The Supreme Court let the administration resume using a revamped citizenship-screening database to check voters, over a dissent warning it will misidentify citizens.

   In DHS v. League of Women Voters (No. 26A308), the Supreme Court granted an unsigned stay on September 25, 2026, by a 6-3 vote, letting states resume using DHS's modified SAVE database, now linked to Social Security records, to check voters' citizenship while the underlying case proceeds, reversing a June 2026 district court injunction. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, joined by Justices Kagan and Sotomayor, warning the majority disregarded the harm of letting a flawed tool keep operating. Local test runs have found high error rates: a St. Louis County, Missouri check flagged 691 voters as noncitizens, of whom at least 81% were later confirmed to be citizens, and Texas reinstated 20% of the voters SAVE had flagged.

   • NPR — Supreme Court revives the SAVE data system
   • Ballotpedia News — Supreme Court allows use of expanded SAVE system
   • CBS News — Supreme Court allows SAVE database for now
   • Mother Jones — St. Louis County SAVE results
2. Mixed

   Promise 08 · War & peace

   Sep 22, 2026

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   Prevent World War Three, restore peace in Europe and in the Middle East, and build a great Iron Dome missile defense shield over our entire country -- all made in America2024 Republican Platform, Promise 8
   Did

   The war in Ukraine is still going. The missile shield is funded but, by defense-press accounts, has barely moved.

   As of September 2026 there is no peace agreement in Ukraine; only limited truces have been tried, and the Secretary of State has said the war must end in a negotiated settlement. The “Golden Dome” missile shield was announced in May 2025 at $175 billion, and the July 2025 tax law gave it about $25 billion. In April 2026, National Defense Magazine reported the program was “spinning its wheels” because of internal disagreement over its design.

   • ISW/Critical Threats — Assessment, Sept. 23, 2026
   • National Defense — Golden Dome spinning its wheels
   • CRS — Golden Dome (July 2026)
3. Mixed

   Promise 05 · Manufacturing & trade

   Feb 20, 2026

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   Republicans will support baseline Tariffs on Foreign-made goods, pass the Trump Reciprocal Trade Act, and respond to unfair Trading practices.2024 Republican Platform, Chapter Five
   Did

   Imposed sweeping tariffs by emergency decree instead of passing the promised law. The Supreme Court struck them down, 6–3.

   The platform promised Congress would pass a Reciprocal Trade Act. Instead, the broad 2025 tariffs were imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. In Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (Feb. 20, 2026), the Court held that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs, and those tariffs ended February 24, 2026. The tariffs were a promise kept; the method bypassed Congress and did not survive court review.

   • Supreme Court — Opinion, No. 24-1287
   • White & Case — IEEPA tariffs terminated
4. Kept

   Promise 15 · EVs & regulation

   Feb 18, 2026

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   Cancel the electric vehicle mandate and cut costly and burdensome regulations2024 Republican Platform, Promise 15
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   Revoked California’s zero-emission car rules, ended federal EV tax credits, and repealed the finding behind federal vehicle climate rules.

   Congress used the Congressional Review Act to overturn California’s Clean Air Act waivers, including Advanced Clean Cars II, and the President signed the resolutions on June 12, 2025. The $7,500 new-EV credit and $4,000 used-EV credit ended September 30, 2025. In February 2026, EPA finalized the rescission of the 2009 greenhouse-gas endangerment finding for motor vehicles. Legal challenges are pending.

   How Congress voted

   House vote to revoke California’s clean-car waiver (H.J.Res. 88) Passed

   Party	Yes	No
   Republicans	211	0
   Democrats	35	164
   Total	246	164

   • Sabin Center — CRA resolutions on California waivers
   • NPR — EV tax credits end September 30
   • Federal Register — Endangerment finding rescission
5. Mixed

   Promise 11 · Cities & D.C.

   Dec 23, 2025

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   Rebuild our cities, including Washington DC, making them safe, clean, and beautiful again2024 Republican Platform, Promise 11
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   Sent National Guard troops into several cities. Courts, including the Supreme Court, blocked several of the deployments.

   On September 2, 2025, Judge Charles Breyer ruled that the use of troops in Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act. A federal judge in Oregon permanently blocked the deployment to Portland in November 2025. On December 23, 2025, the Supreme Court declined to allow Guard troops to deploy in the Chicago area. We have found no new federal program to rebuild cities.

   • CNN — Judge says use of military in L.A. violated federal law
   • SCOTUSblog — Court rejects Illinois Guard deployment

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1. 01Seal the border, and stop the migrant invasion1 on record
2. 02Carry out the largest deportation operation in American history1 on record
3. 03End inflation, and make America affordable again1 on record
4. 04Make America the dominant energy producer in the world, by far!1 on record
5. 05Stop outsourcing, and turn the United States into a manufacturing superpower1 on record
6. 06Large tax cuts for workers, and no tax on tips!1 on record
7. 07Defend our constitution, our bill of rights, and our fundamental freedoms, including freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to keep and bear arms1 on record
8. 08Prevent World War Three, restore peace in Europe and in the Middle East, and build a great Iron Dome missile defense shield over our entire country -- all made in America1 on record
9. 09End the weaponization of government against the American people1 on record
10. 10Stop the migrant crime epidemic, demolish the foreign drug cartels, crush gang violence, and lock up violent offenders1 on record
11. 11Rebuild our cities, including Washington DC, making them safe, clean, and beautiful again1 on record
12. 12Strengthen and modernize our military, making it, without question, the strongest and most powerful in the world1 on record
13. 13Keep the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency1 on record
14. 14Fight for and protect Social Security and Medicare with no cuts, including no changes to the retirement age2 on record
15. 15Cancel the electric vehicle mandate and cut costly and burdensome regulations1 on record
16. 16Cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, radical gender ideology, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children1 on record
17. 17Keep men out of women's sports1 on record
18. 18Deport pro-Hamas radicals and make our college campuses safe and patriotic again1 on record
19. 19Secure our elections, including same day voting, voter identification, paper ballots, and proof of citizenship2 on record
20. 20Unite our country by bringing it to new and record levels of success—