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Keep the Socialist vote independent; chide the La Follettes for handing Roosevelt 'everything on a silver platter' — Norman Thomas, 1936

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Score	Cycle	Candidate	Issue	Position
0.42	1932	Alfred E. Smith	National Prohibition	Outright repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment — the issue Roosevelt was downplaying
0.41	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
0.39	1932	Herbert Hoover	Philippine independence	Gradual Philippine independence — economic independence first, with duty-free sugar cut from 600,000 tons downward every year
0.37	1936	Alf Landon	National economic planning	End federal regimentation: no revival of NRA or AAA controls, no more emergency powers over production, wages and hours
0.37	1932	Newton D. Baker	League of Nations and international organizations	Do not make the League of Nations a party issue; no entry until a majority of Americans approve
0.36	1932	Alfred E. Smith	Tariff levels	Endorsement of the Smoot-Hawley tariff
0.36	1932	Herbert Hoover	Overall role and scale of the federal government	Preserve 'ordered freedom' and equality of opportunity; reject a state-controlled or state-directed economy as 'tyranny'
0.36	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Federal responsibility for relief	Federal leadership in distress relief — federal credit to states whose resources are exhausted
0.36	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Concentrated economic power vs. the average citizen (rhetorical framing)	Take power from the 'economic royalists': the mandate of 1932 is to end economic tyranny
0.35	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Unemployment insurance	Unemployment insurance under state laws
0.35	1936	William E. Borah	Antitrust and concentration of economic power	Drive monopoly and price fixing out of the system or face governmental regimentation
0.33	1936	Norman Thomas	Public ownership of major industries	The New Deal 'has not worked'; build the cooperative commonwealth
0.33	1936	Alf Landon	Equal rights and opportunity for Black Americans	Equal opportunity for colored citizens: protect their economic status and personal safety; further their employment
0.33	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Benefits for disabled and service-connected veterans	Continue just treatment of war veterans and dependents
0.33	1932	Herbert Hoover	Veterans' bonus and benefits	Oppose cash prepayment of the veterans' bonus, especially by fiat money
0.32	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Income and inheritance tax progressivity	Taxes levied according to ability to pay; lower taxes for 99 percent, higher at the top
0.32	1932	Herbert Hoover	Public ownership of electric power	Federal regulation of interstate power; opposition to government operation of the power business
0.32	1932	Herbert Hoover	European war debts and reparations	The 1931 German moratorium and standstill agreements stemmed European collapse and will be built upon
0.31	1932	Herbert Hoover	Regulation of banks and securities	Reform the banking laws; stop credit flowing to speculation; relieve depositors of closed banks
0.31	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Working hours and labor standards	Revive the NRA's principles 'by one device or another' (imputed; the President would not say)
0.31	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
0.30	1932	Herbert Hoover	Civil service and patronage	Keep the merit system 'unassailable'
0.30	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	National Prohibition	Repeal the Eighteenth Amendment by state conventions; legalize beer now; states control liquor and bar the saloon
0.29	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
0.29	1932	Herbert Hoover	Non-recognition of territorial gains by aggression (Stimson Doctrine)	Never recognize territory gained in violation of the peace pacts (the Stimson Doctrine)