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Positions (4)

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Cycle	Candidate	Issue	Position	Kind	Strength	Attribution	Ev.	Verdict
1936	Alf Landon	Farm prices and agricultural surplus	Cash benefits on the domestically consumed portion of export crops to make the tariff effective, limited to the family-type farm; no scarcity program, no processing tax	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	not_applicable
1936	Alf Landon	Independence of the Supreme Court	An independent Supreme Court secure from executive or legislative invasion; maintain the balance between States and nation	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	not_applicable
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Farm prices and agricultural surplus	Continue soil conservation and domestic allotment payments; end ruinous surpluses; commodity loans on seasonal surpluses	pledge_forward	directional_stance	candidate_direct	A	kept
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Amending the Constitution to enlarge (or restrain) federal power	Meet constitutional obstacles by 'clarifying amendment' -- and say nothing about the Supreme Court	pledge_forward	directional_stance	party_platform	B	broken?