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Originally Posted by James

Genuine question... Do presidential candidates often make policy announcements during the primaries to appeal to their base of supporters, but end up dropping them when it comes to the election?

Because I remember Obama during the 2008 primary campaign proposed diverting the government funding for manned spaceflight to education, but the proposal was dropped later.

All the time, it was alleged that in 2016 Hillary Clinton was changing her speeches and policies depending on which state she was in. She knew messages worked in different districts and she clearly was never going to implement everything she promised.