Position Drift

Tim Walberg — Position over time

Every dated record on this entity, arranged chronologically. Promises and the breaks that followed them; statements made and the conduct that contradicted them; votes that diverged from prior commitments. 1 event on record.

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2010

2010-10-14 VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: same_source_inconsistency
[auto-downgraded: both claims come from the same source host] In 2008, Walberg told an MLive reporter he would have reluctantly voted for the auto bailout, but by 2010 and 2012 he refused to answer the same question, dodging it during debates. His district includes auto-dependent manufacturing communities in southern Michigan where the bailout directly affected constituents. This is a position rev…

What this view assembles

  • Promises & violations — every documented commitment + each documented break, with primary sources.
  • Contradiction pairs — fact-against-fact entries from the contradictions ledger; the "said" appears in its year, the "did" appears in its year.
  • Vote-based analyses — for elected officials, every documented case where a vote diverged from a stated commitment.
  • Entity events — major dated events recorded against the entity (acquisitions, indictments, appointments, etc.).

This view DOES NOT auto-detect new drift candidates. It surfaces records that are already on file. If you spot an undocumented inversion, the curator workflow (admin) is where to add it.