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A Workers' Rights Amendment; curb the Supreme Court's power over Congress; proportional representation; direct election of the President — Norman Thomas, 1932

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Score	Cycle	Candidate	Issue	Position
0.72	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
0.71	1932	Norman Thomas	Equal rights and opportunity for Black Americans	Economic, political and legal equality for the Negro; a federal anti-lynching law; enforce the First Amendment
0.70	1936	Alf Landon	Amending the Constitution to enlarge (or restrain) federal power	Wages, hours and child labor by State law and interstate compact -- and a constitutional amendment giving the States power if the courts forbid
0.65	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	National Prohibition	Repeal the Eighteenth Amendment by state conventions; legalize beer now; states control liquor and bar the saloon
0.62	1932	Herbert Hoover	National Prohibition	Resubmit the Eighteenth Amendment so each state may decide, with constitutional guarantees against the saloon and against interference with dry states; enforce the law meanwhile
0.61	1936	William Lemke	Minimum wages	A 'living annual wage' -- $1,800 for a family of five -- by federal law and a constitutional amendment if necessary
0.61	1936	Frank Knox	Amending the Constitution to enlarge (or restrain) federal power	New federal activities only when legalized by constitutional amendment -- 'the horse and buggy method'
0.61	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
0.60	1932	Albert C. Ritchie	National Prohibition	Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment as a matter of states' rights
0.58	1932	Herbert Hoover	Regulation of securities issuance and exchanges	No federal 'blue sky' law — securities regulation belongs to the states, and the President should not police booms
0.56	1932	Alfred E. Smith	National Prohibition	Outright repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment — the issue Roosevelt was downplaying
0.55	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
0.55	1932	Herbert Hoover	Independence of the Supreme Court	Preserve the independence of the Supreme Court from party control
0.54	1932	Norman Thomas	National Prohibition	Repeal the Eighteenth Amendment — the candidate preferring a binding national referendum
0.54	1932	Herbert Hoover	Right to organize and bargain collectively	Collective bargaining by representatives of the employees' own choice, 'without the interference of any one'
0.53	1932	Herbert Hoover	Equal rights and opportunity for Black Americans	Maintain equal opportunity and rights for Negro citizens
0.51	1936	William E. Borah	Federal anti-lynching legislation	Oppose the Wagner-Costigan federal anti-lynching bill as unconstitutional; attack party leaders who promise it
0.51	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public employment offices	A federally coordinated system of state employment offices (the vetoed Wagner bill)
0.51	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Unemployment insurance	Unemployment insurance under state laws
0.50	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
0.50	1932	Herbert Hoover	Tariff levels	Preserve the bipartisan Tariff Commission's flexible power to adjust rates without congressional log-rolling
0.50	1936	Alf Landon	Antitrust and concentration of economic power	Use the full power of the federal government to break up private monopolies and enforce the antitrust laws 'without fear or favor'
0.49	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Tariff levels	A "competitive" tariff set through a scientific Tariff Commission, with anti-log-rolling rules and a public counsel
0.49	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
0.48	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Civil service and patronage	Immediately extend the merit system to all non-policy-making federal positions