David Plouffe
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David Plouffe is an American political strategist best known for architecting Barack Obama’s successful 2008 presidential campaign and later serving as a senior advisor in the Obama White House.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Plouffe canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1482585 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Plouffe Context triple: [Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign, campaignManager, David Plouffe]
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A.
Patrick Brown
Patrick Brown is a Canadian politician who has served as the mayor of Brampton, Ontario.
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B.
Jonathan Corwin
Jonathan Corwin was a 17th-century Massachusetts magistrate best known as one of the judges who presided over the Salem witch trials.
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C.
Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith was a standout Butler University basketball center known for his key role in the Bulldogs’ run to the 2011 NCAA Tournament Championship Game.
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D.
Mike Sullivan
Mike Sullivan is an American professional ice hockey coach best known for leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to multiple Stanley Cup championships.
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E.
Scott Brown
Scott Brown is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts who later served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Plouffe Target entity description: David Plouffe is an American political strategist best known for architecting Barack Obama’s successful 2008 presidential campaign and later serving as a senior advisor in the Obama White House.
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A.
Patrick Brown
Patrick Brown is a Canadian politician who has served as the mayor of Brampton, Ontario.
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B.
Jonathan Corwin
Jonathan Corwin was a 17th-century Massachusetts magistrate best known as one of the judges who presided over the Salem witch trials.
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C.
Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith was a standout Butler University basketball center known for his key role in the Bulldogs’ run to the 2011 NCAA Tournament Championship Game.
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D.
Mike Sullivan
Mike Sullivan is an American professional ice hockey coach best known for leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to multiple Stanley Cup championships.
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E.
Scott Brown
Scott Brown is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts who later served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
campaign manager
ⓘ
human ⓘ political consultant ⓘ political strategist ⓘ |
| authorOf | The Audacity to Win ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf | National Democratic Institute ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-05-27 ⓘ |
| describedAs | the architect of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Delaware ⓘ |
| employer |
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign
ⓘ
Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign ⓘ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ⓘ White House ⓘ
surface form:
The White House
Uber ⓘ |
| familyName | Plouffe ⓘ |
| genre | political non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasChild |
1 daughter
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1 son ⓘ |
| hasResidence | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| name | David Plouffe self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped Barack Obama win the 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ |
| notableFor | architecting Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign strategy ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Audacity to Win ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
campaign manager ⓘ lobbyist ⓘ political consultant ⓘ political strategist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Wilmington, Delaware
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surface form:
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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| positionHeld |
campaign manager for Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign
ⓘ
senior advisor to Barack Obama ⓘ senior advisor to the President of the United States ⓘ senior vice president of policy and strategy at Uber ⓘ strategist-in-residence at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ⓘ |
| spouse | Olivia Morgan ⓘ |
| workedFor |
Barack Obama
ⓘ
Bill Bradley ⓘ Richard Gephardt ⓘ
surface form:
Dick Gephardt
Tom Harkin ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign
ⓘ
Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign ⓘ Bill Bradley 2000 presidential campaign ⓘ Dick Gephardt 1988 presidential campaign ⓘ Tom Harkin 1992 presidential campaign ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David Plouffe Description of subject: David Plouffe is an American political strategist best known for architecting Barack Obama’s successful 2008 presidential campaign and later serving as a senior advisor in the Obama White House.
Referenced by (3)
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