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Positions (5)

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CycleCandidateIssuePositionKindStrengthAttributionEv.Verdict
1932Albert C. RitchieNational ProhibitionRepeal of the Eighteenth Amendment as a matter of states' rightspledge_forwardspecific_pledgereportedCnot_applicable
1932Alfred E. SmithNational ProhibitionOutright repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment — the issue Roosevelt was downplayingpledge_forwardspecific_pledgereportedCnot_applicable
1932Franklin D. RooseveltNational ProhibitionRepeal the Eighteenth Amendment by state conventions; legalize beer now; states control liquor and bar the saloonpledge_forwardspecific_pledgecandidate_directAkept
1932Herbert HooverNational ProhibitionResubmit the Eighteenth Amendment so each state may decide, with constitutional guarantees against the saloon and against interference with dry states; enforce the law meanwhilepledge_forwardspecific_pledgecandidate_directAsuperseded
1932Norman ThomasNational ProhibitionRepeal the Eighteenth Amendment — the candidate preferring a binding national referendumpledge_forwardspecific_pledgeparty_platformBnot_applicable