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ALLCODES A three-digit coding scheme focusing on political issues

The first digit identifies the primary category; the next two digits link to topics within it.
The four tables below list all the coding categories under their major headings and
report how many times each code was used.

FREEDOM and ORDER codes were matched across plank topics

FREEDOM	Count		ORDER	Count
100 Expression/Privacy	10
101 Religion	4
102 Ethnicity	20		202 Ethnicity	3
103 Immigration	37		203 Immigration	20
104 Education	7		204 Education	4
105 Economy	21		205 Economy	152
106 Taxation	59		206 Taxation	52
107 Trade/Tariff	37		207 Trade/Tariff	16
108 Labor	29		208 Labor	38
109 Agriculture	2
110 States' rights	28		210 National rights'	39
111 Transgressions	28		211 Transgressions	35
112 Alcohol/Drugs	6		212 Alcohol/Drugs	18
113 Life/Death	4		213 Life/Death	1
114 Firearms	3		214 Firearms	17
115 Lifestyle	8		215 Lifestyle	1
	303			396

EQUALITY and PUBLIC GOODS

EQUALITY	Count		PUBLIC GOODS	Count
300 Non-whites+	22		400 Education	147
301 Non-whites-	8		401 Transportation	84
302 Women	96		402 Environment	57
303 Disadvantaged	10		403 Conservation	67
304 Handicapped	28		404 Welfare	63
305 Low income	4		405 Housing	71
306 Elderly	38		406 Health	125
307 Children	48		407 Labor	144
308 Veterans	58		408 Communication	34
309 LGBTQ	12		409 Agriculture	90
310 Indigenous	15		410 Energy	97
	339		411 Shipping	6
			412 Merchant Marine	16
			413 Indebtedness	8
			414 Economy	65
			415 Spending/Deficit	22
			416 Banking & Currency	30
			417 Public Land +	17
			419 Immigration	1
				1144

GOVERNMENT and MILITARY

GOVERNMENT	Count		MILITARY	Count
500 Congress	29		600 More spending	17
501 Constitution	40		601 Less spending	18
502 Civil/Postal Service	50		602 Navy	7
503 Expand govt	42		603 Army	3
504 Reorganize govt	23		604 Air Force	4
505 Elections	67		605 National Guard	3
506 Interior pro-public	31		606 Nuclear	46
507 Statehood	11		607 Missiles	4
508 Territories	72		608 Space	13
509 Native populations	32		609 Intelligence	4
510 Washington DC	16		610 Command	3
511 Legal	16		611 Service	9
512 Federal courts	4			131
	433

FOREIGN POLICY and SYMBOLIC

FOREIGN POLICY	Count		SYMBOLIC	Count
700 World Organizations	56		800 Presidents	7
701 Europe	20		802 Discrimination	9
702 NATO, etc.	24		803 Atrocities	4
703 Asia	47		804 Politicians	3
704 Americas	65		805 Treaties	2
705 Africa	36		806 Political Acts	20
706 Soviet/Russia	28		807 Peace	27
707 China/Taiwan	21		808 War	3
708 Middle East	78			75
709 Wars post WW2	33
710 Foreign aid	28
711 Treaties	37
712 Monroe Doctrine	16
713 Protect Citizens	32
714 Avoid war	12
715 World Leader	38
	571		TOTAL	3392