Replication Data for: Vestergaard (2026): A Credible Change: How Parties Use Election Promises to Counteract Reputational Loss from Diluting Their Policy Positions. Political Communication,

master.do contains the main do-file. cmp.xlsx adds issue categories to cmp-codes. us.dta contains government (president) data for the United States. The folder also includes a fixest.R-file (to run one of the robustness tests) and readme-file.