Data through August 2026 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Since November 5, 2024
What you voted for in 2024.
What you voted for in 2024 tracks the trend of key indicators in the wake of the 2024 US Presidential Election that was won by the Republican candidate, Donald Trump. Trump made sweeping claims about the economy, crime, and immigration that were not supported by the data. This site tracks those claims against the actual data to see if they hold up.
What you voted for in 2024 tracks the trend of key indicators in the wake of the 2024 US Presidential Election that
was won by the Republican candidate, Donald Trump. Trump made sweeping claims about the economy, crime, and immigration
that were not supported by the data. This site tracks those claims against the actual data to see if they hold up.
August 2025Trump firing of labor statistics head undermines trust in key data
After a disappointing jobs report, Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer. He claims that
the data is “not accurate” and “not reliable”. This is a major blow to the credibility of the data and will likely lead
to a decrease in trust in the data. He intends to replace her with E.J. Antoni, an extreme partisan with no
experience in labor statistics.
I will be looking for better sources of data that are free to use and free from bias but until then I will continue
to publish this data as is and try to highlight issues with the data should they arise.
June 2025Claims and data no longer line up
As this presidental administration has progressed the claims of the
administration do not always align with the available data. Based on the track record of President
Trump and the behavior of his cabinet members I can’t put my full faith in this data. I’ll be looking
for better sources of data that are free to use and free from bias but until then I will continue
to publish this data as is and try to highlight issues with the data should they arise.
Just how these policies are affecting Americans is no longer clear, though. Matt Grossman of the Wall Street Journal reported today that economists no longer trust the accuracy of the government’s inflation data. Officials from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which compiles a huge monthly survey of employment and costs, told economists that staffing shortages and a hiring freeze have forced them to cut back on their research and use less precise methods for figuring out price changes. Grossman reports that the bureau has also cut back on the number of places where it collects data and that the administration has gotten rid of committees of external experts that worked to improve government statistics.