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Positions (57)

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Cycle	Candidate	Issue	Position	Kind	Strength	Attribution	Ev.	Verdict
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Farm prices and agricultural surplus	Restore purchasing power to the farming half of the nation	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Farm prices and agricultural surplus	Raise staple farm prices by a tariff-equivalent benefit plus voluntary production control, at no cost to the Treasury	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Planned use of land and retirement of marginal farmland	A national policy of planned land use — economic soil survey and retirement of marginal farmland	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Farm and home mortgage relief	Government assistance to keep home-owners and farm-owners from foreclosure	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Regulation of banks and securities	Separate investment banking from commercial banks; tighter national-bank supervision; faster payouts to depositors of closed banks	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Regulation of securities issuance and exchanges	Federal regulation of securities and commodity exchanges, interstate holding companies and interstate utility rates	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Regulation of securities issuance and exchanges	Require full public disclosure on all offerings of stocks and bonds	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Regulation of securities issuance and exchanges	No implied government approval of foreign bond sales; officials will not try to move stock prices	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Control of credit expansion	Prevent another runaway credit expansion through government information, not government control of credit	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	superseded
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Balancing the federal budget	Balance the federal budget annually within revenues	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	broken?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Level of federal spending	Cut the cost of the federal government by at least 25 percent	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	reversed?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Campaign finance and lobbying	Continuous publicity of political contributions; stronger Corrupt Practices Act; curb paid lobbies	pledge_forward	directional_stance	party_platform	A	abandoned
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Naval arms and disarmament	International agreements for the reduction of armaments	pledge_forward	directional_stance	party_platform	A	broken
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Level of military spending	An adequate Army and Navy without a near-billion-dollar peacetime burden	pledge_forward	directional_stance	party_platform	A	reversed
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Policy toward Latin America and the Western Hemisphere	Non-interference in other nations' affairs and cooperation with Western Hemisphere nations	pledge_forward	directional_stance	party_platform	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	International economic and monetary conferences	Convene international monetary and economic conferences to stabilize currencies and restore trade	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	broken?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	European war debts and reparations	No cancellation of the war debts — make payment possible by restoring trade	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	superseded
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Philippine independence	Independence for the Philippines; ultimate statehood for Puerto Rico	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Adherence to the World Court	Adhere to the World Court; arbitration of disputes; consultation to enforce the Kellogg-Briand Pact	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	party_platform	A	blocked
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Child welfare and schooling	Maintain the Children's Bureau; keep children in school to sixteen; expand vocational education	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	partial
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public ownership of electric power	Public development of hydro-electric power on the St. Lawrence model, with national control of interstate transmission	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Regulation of utility rates and holding companies	Eight-point federal utility program: publicity, Federal Power Commission control of holding companies, prudent-investment rate base	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	partial
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public ownership of electric power	The next federal hydro-electric development will be on the Columbia River	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Reforestation and land policy	Employ a million men reforesting marginal and abandoned land	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	partial
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Overall role and scale of the federal government	"A new deal for the American people" — work and security through liberal, planned government action	pledge_forward	vague_gesture	candidate_direct	A	kept?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Overall role and scale of the federal government	Remove government from private enterprise except public works and natural resources	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	reversed?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Overall role and scale of the federal government	Government as a check on concentrated economic power — "individualism" redefined as equality of opportunity	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Reorganization of the executive branch	Reorganize the Department of Agriculture as the machinery for national agricultural planning	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	partial
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Overall role and scale of the federal government	An "economic declaration of rights" — the right to make a living and the right to safe savings	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	kept?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Reorganization of the executive branch	A long-range plan consolidating the federal government's scattered public-health and welfare agencies	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	partial
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Reorganization of the executive branch	Consolidate the seven federal farm-mortgage agencies under a single purpose	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Sickness and health insurance	Sickness insurance as a "minimum requirement" alongside old-age and unemployment insurance	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	B	abandoned
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Restriction of immigration	Continue immigration restriction to protect labor, but end abuses against individual families in enforcement	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	National economic planning	National economic planning on the model of the 1917 war mobilization	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	partial?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Antitrust and concentration of economic power	Strengthen and impartially enforce the antitrust laws	pledge_forward	directional_stance	party_platform	A	reversed
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	National economic planning	Industry leaders to organize cooperatively for the common good; government regulates only as a last resort	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	partial?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public works as employment policy	Public works spending is only a stopgap, not a cure for unemployment	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	reversed
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public works as employment policy	Expand self-sustaining public works and temporary federal work (forests, flood control, waterways), with advance planning	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Housing and slum clearance	Slum clearance and modern housing for the urban poor as a "human necessity" among public works	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	partial
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public works as employment policy	'Employment for all surplus labor at all times' through self-liquidating public works (the Shearon letter, as Hoover read it)	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	opponent_characterization	B	partial?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Distribution of national income and purchasing power	A more equitable distribution of national income — higher reward to labor, lower to speculative capital	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	partial?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Working hours and labor standards	Spread employment by substantially reducing hours of labor, starting in government service	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Child labor	No return to sweatshops or children working in factories	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public employment offices	A federally coordinated system of state employment offices (the vetoed Wagner bill)	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Restoring the commodity price level (reflation)	Restore commodity prices toward their former dollar value rather than write down all debts	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Gold standard and currency basis	A sound currency preserved at all hazards	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	reversed?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	National Prohibition	Repeal the Eighteenth Amendment by state conventions; legalize beer now; states control liquor and bar the saloon	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Federal responsibility for relief	Federal leadership in distress relief — federal credit to states whose resources are exhausted	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Old-age pensions and social insurance	Old-age insurance under state laws	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Unemployment insurance	Unemployment insurance under state laws	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Income and inheritance tax progressivity	Raise revenue by graduated income, inheritance and profits taxes, not taxes on necessities	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	partial
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Local government consolidation and the tax burden on land	Presidential leadership to consolidate local governments and lift the tax burden on land	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Tariff levels	Revise the tariff downward through reciprocal trade agreements	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	kept
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Tariff levels	A "competitive" tariff set through a scientific Tariff Commission, with anti-log-rolling rules and a public counsel	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	superseded
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Railroad regulation and consolidation	Six-point railroad program — conditional federal support, receivership reform, ICC regulation of trucks and holding companies, consolidation	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	partial
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Benefits for disabled and service-connected veterans	Full justice and generosity for veterans disabled by actual wartime service — silence on the bonus	pledge_forward	directional_stance	party_platform	A	partial?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Veterans' bonus and benefits	No early payment of the veterans' bonus until the budget is balanced with a cash surplus	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	blocked