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Positions (4)
| Cycle | Candidate | Issue | Position | Kind | Strength | Attribution | Ev. | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Alfred E. Smith | European war debts and reparations | A twenty-year moratorium on the war debts, writing them off in proportion to each nation's purchases of American goods | pledge_forward | specific_pledge | reported | B | not_applicable |
| 1932 | Alfred E. Smith | Overall role and scale of the federal government | War on any candidate who makes 'demagogic appeals to the masses' setting class against class | pledge_forward | directional_stance | reported | B | not_applicable |
| 1932 | Alfred E. Smith | National Prohibition | Outright repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment — the issue Roosevelt was downplaying | pledge_forward | specific_pledge | reported | C | not_applicable |
| 1932 | Alfred E. Smith | Tariff levels | Endorsement of the Smoot-Hawley tariff | pledge_forward | directional_stance | reported | C | not_applicable |