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Plank Texts

The original data file consists of 3,392 platform planks from 1840 to 2016. All the planks are available in an Excel spreadsheet that runs over 50 letter-size pages. It is too long to display in this website.

The spreadsheet follows the format below for all 3,392 planks. Here are all 10 Democratic planks, with dates, receiving Code 100. Planks were also tagged according to their "Topics."

FREEDOM Codes 1 - -

Code 100: Expression/Privacy

CODE
YEAR
PLANK: ABBREVIATED SUMMARY
TOPIC
100
1840

favor liberal principles; oppose alien and sedition laws
government
100
1844

favor liberal principles; oppose alien and sedition laws
government
100
1848

favor liberal principles; oppose alien and sedition laws
government
100
1852

favor liberal principles; oppose alien and sedition laws
government
100
1856

favor liberal principles; oppose alien and sedition laws
government
100

1856

congress has no power to "interfere with questions of slavery"
slavery
100
1872

demand for the individual the largest liberty consistent with public order
rights
100
1940

uphold equal protection of the laws for every citizen, regardless of race, creed or color
rights
100
1992

condemn antisemitism, racism, homophobia, bigotry and negative stereotyping
rights
100
2004

change parts of the Patriot Act threatening individual rights, like the library provisions
rights

Write me at k-janda@northwestern.edu if you wish to download the planks as an Excel spreadsheet or an SPSS file.