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Economic, political and legal equality for the Negro; a federal anti-lynching law; enforce the First Amendment — Norman Thomas, 1932

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ScoreCycleCandidateIssuePosition
0.471936Franklin D. RooseveltConcentrated economic power vs. the average citizen (rhetorical framing)Take power from the 'economic royalists': the mandate of 1932 is to end economic tyranny
0.361936Franklin D. RooseveltPolicy toward Latin America and the Western HemisphereThe Good Neighbor: no armed intervention, no territorial expansion, reduction of armaments
0.351936Franklin D. RooseveltCommunism, radicalism and "alien isms" as a political issueRepudiate Communist support; the New Deal is the answer to Communism, not its ally
0.311932Herbert HooverEqual rights and opportunity for Black AmericansMaintain equal opportunity and rights for Negro citizens
0.311936Alf LandonNational economic planningEnd federal regimentation: no revival of NRA or AAA controls, no more emergency powers over production, wages and hours
0.311932Franklin D. RooseveltUnemployment insuranceUnemployment insurance under state laws
0.291936Norman ThomasCommunism, radicalism and "alien isms" as a political issueKeep the Socialist vote independent; chide the La Follettes for handing Roosevelt 'everything on a silver platter'
0.291932Herbert HooverRight to organize and bargain collectivelyCollective bargaining by representatives of the employees' own choice, 'without the interference of any one'
0.281932Franklin D. RooseveltFederal responsibility for reliefFederal leadership in distress relief — federal credit to states whose resources are exhausted
0.281936Earl BrowderCommunism, radicalism and "alien isms" as a political issuePopular Front: nominal opposition to Roosevelt, real opposition to Landon and 'fascism'
0.281932Newton D. BakerLeague of Nations and international organizationsDo not make the League of Nations a party issue; no entry until a majority of Americans approve
0.281932Herbert HooverTariff levelsPreserve the bipartisan Tariff Commission's flexible power to adjust rates without congressional log-rolling
0.271932Herbert HooverTariff levelsUnconditional most-favored-nation treatment; no reciprocal bargains or preferences
0.261936Franklin D. RooseveltIncome and inheritance tax progressivityTaxes levied according to ability to pay; lower taxes for 99 percent, higher at the top
0.261932Alfred E. SmithNational ProhibitionOutright repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment — the issue Roosevelt was downplaying
0.261936Alf LandonIndependence of the Supreme CourtAn independent Supreme Court secure from executive or legislative invasion; maintain the balance between States and nation
0.241932Herbert HooverOverall role and scale of the federal governmentPreserve 'ordered freedom' and equality of opportunity; reject a state-controlled or state-directed economy as 'tyranny'
0.231936Alf LandonEuropean war debts and reparationsUse every effort to collect the war debts due from foreign countries
0.231932Franklin D. RooseveltOverall role and scale of the federal governmentAn "economic declaration of rights" — the right to make a living and the right to safe savings
0.231932Albert C. RitchieNational ProhibitionRepeal of the Eighteenth Amendment as a matter of states' rights
0.221932Herbert HooverRegulation of securities issuance and exchangesNo federal 'blue sky' law — securities regulation belongs to the states, and the President should not police booms
0.221932Herbert HooverCivil service and patronageKeep the merit system 'unassailable'
0.221932Alfred E. SmithTariff levelsEndorsement of the Smoot-Hawley tariff
0.221932Franklin D. RooseveltOld-age pensions and social insuranceOld-age insurance under state laws
0.221932Herbert HooverVeterans' bonus and benefitsOppose cash prepayment of the veterans' bonus, especially by fiat money