Presidential veto overrides succeed less than five percent of the time

Evidence

Since 1789, only about 3 percent of legislation approved by Congress has been vetoed by the president, and Congress 2 has successfully overridden those vetoes less than 5 percent of the time. — Nathan Kelly and Jana Morgan, How US Policymaking Institutions…, 77

Categorization

• CANDY: Punchy stat: since 1789 only ~3% of bills vetoed and under 5% of those overrides succeeded.