Work in progress — cycles are added one at a time. Every quote is machine-verified against an archived source; follow the links to read it.
| Score | Cycle | Candidate | Issue | Position |
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| 0.62 | 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Farm and home mortgage relief | Government assistance to keep home-owners and farm-owners from foreclosure |
| 0.51 | 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 |
| 0.49 | 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Housing and slum clearance | Extend the federal housing program toward adequate housing for those in slums; encourage private building |
| 0.48 | 1932 | Herbert Hoover | Regulation of banks and securities | The RFC and the 'shield of Government credit' saved 5,000 institutions and must continue — but no direct government lending to everyone |
| 0.48 | 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 |
| 0.46 | 1932 | Norman Thomas | Farm and home mortgage relief | Government aid to farmers and small home-owners against foreclosure and tax sales; moratorium on interest debated |
| 0.45 | 1932 | Norman Thomas | Federal responsibility for relief | A $5 billion federal appropriation for immediate relief of those in need |
| 0.45 | 1932 | Herbert Hoover | Farm and home mortgage relief | The Federal Home Loan Bank system to stop home foreclosures and finance new homes |
| 0.44 | 1932 | Norman Thomas | Income and inheritance tax progressivity | Steeply increased income and inheritance taxes |
| 0.43 | 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 |
| 0.42 | 1932 | Herbert Hoover | Short-term and marketing credit for agriculture | Restore short-term farm credit through the new agricultural credit corporations, RFC loans to processors and financing of export sales |
| 0.42 | 1932 | Herbert Hoover | Balancing the federal budget | A balanced budget as 'the foundation of all public and private financial stability' |
| 0.41 | 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Public works as employment policy | Public works spending is only a stopgap, not a cure for unemployment |
| 0.39 | 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Level of federal spending | Cut the cost of the federal government by at least 25 percent |
| 0.38 | 1932 | John Nance Garner | Veterans' bonus and benefits | The Patman cash bonus and $2.3 billion of greenbacks, passed by the House under his speakership |
| 0.38 | 1932 | Herbert Hoover | Public works as employment policy | Federal construction at three times normal and $1.5 billion of RFC loans for self-liquidating works — but no pork-barrel or non-productive projects |
| 0.38 | 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Tariff levels | Revise the tariff downward through reciprocal trade agreements |
| 0.38 | 1932 | Herbert Hoover | Level of federal spending | Cut federal spending $1.5 billion below fiscal 1932 and reorganize the executive branch |
| 0.38 | 1936 | Alf Landon | Executive reciprocal trade agreements (1934 Act) | Repeal the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act; return treaty power to the Senate and tariff-making to Congress |
| 0.38 | 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 |
| 0.37 | 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Farm and home mortgage relief | Low interest rates, sounder home financing, better banking |
| 0.37 | 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 |
| 0.37 | 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Gold standard and currency basis | A permanently sound currency stabilized against wide fluctuations |
| 0.36 | 1932 | Herbert Hoover | Regulation of banks and securities | Reform the banking laws; stop credit flowing to speculation; relieve depositors of closed banks |
| 0.36 | 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Public ownership of electric power | The next federal hydro-electric development will be on the Columbia River |