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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 seven tables below list all the coding categories by major topics. They also report how many times each code ws applied.

FREEDOM and ORDER codes were matched across plank topics

FREEDOM	Count		ORDER	Count
100 Expression/Privacy	18		200 Expression/Privacy	20
101 Religion	26		201 Religion	4
102 Ethnicity	1		202 Ethnicity
103 Immigration	7		203 Immigration	49
104 Education	29		204 Education	30
105 Economy	101		205 Economy	47
106 Taxation	81		206 Taxation	4
107 Trade/Tariff	44		207 Trade/Tariff	36
108 Labor	42		208 Labor	25
109 Agriculture	9		209 Agriculture
110 States' rights	48		210 National rights	19
111 Transgressions	9		211 Transgressions	37
112 Alcohol/Drugs	3		212 Alcohol/Drugs	26
113 Life/Death			213 Life/Death	41
114 Firearms	21		214 Firearms	9
115 Lifestyle			215 Lifestyle	27
Total	439		Total	374

EQUALITY positive codes implied support; negative codes indicated opposition

EQUALITY	COUNT		ANTI-EQUALITY	COUNT
300 Non-whites+	44
301 Non-whites-	5
302 Women	45		-302 Women	5
303 Disadvantaged	27		-303 Disadvantaged	7
304 Handicapped	13
305 Poor	7
306 Elderly	6
307 Children	23		-307 Children	1
308 Veterans	42
309 LGDTQ			-309 LGBTQ	6
310 Indigenous	29
			Total	260

PUBLIC GOODS usually involve spending; negative codes indicated opposition

FOR SPENDING	COUNT		AGAINST	COUNT
400 Education	64		-400 Education	7
401 Transportation	47		-401 Transportation	15
402 Environment	49		-402 Environment	14
403 Conservation	36		-403 Conservation	3
404 Welfare	50		-404 Welfare	27
405 Housing	22		-405 Housing	21
406 Health	42		-406 Health	37
407 Labor	33		-407 Labor	4
408 Communications	21		-408 Communications	2
409 Agriculture	74		-409 Agriculture	1
410 Energy	69		-410 Energy	32
412 Merchant Marine	22
413 Indebtedness	14
414 Economy	54
415 Spending/Deficit	50
416 Banking & Currency	18
417 Public Land +	12
418 Public land -	11
419 Immigration	20
			Total	871

GOVERNMENT planks varied; two categories merited negative codes

GOVERNMENT	COUNT		OPPOSED	COUNT
500 Congress	20
501 Constitution	20
502 Civil/Postal Service	29
503 Expand govt	28
504 Reorganize govt	13
505 Elections	27		-505 Elections	13
507 New States	20		-507 New States	7
508 Territories	34
509 Native populations	4
510 Washington DC	12
511 Legal	7
512 Federal courts	10
			Total	244

MILITARY planks varied greatly with war and threats of war

MILITARY	COUNT		MILITARY	COUNT
600 More spending	34		607 Missiles	12
601 Less spending	1		608 Space	15
602 Navy	17		609 Intelligence	7
603 Army	1		610 Command	12
604 Air Force	4		611 Service	6
606 Nuclear	5		Total	114

FOREIGN POLICY planks were common but usually not partisan

FOREIGN POLICY	COUNT		FOREIGN POLICY	COUNT
700 World Organizations	20		-700 World Organizations	19
701 Europe	23
702 NATO, etc.	20		-702 NATO, etc.	3
703 Asia	34
704 Americas	50		710 Foreign aid	24
705 Africa	19		711 Treaties	12
706 Soviet/Russia	36		712 Monroe Doctrine	11
707 China/Taiwan	21		713 Protect Citizens	4
-702 NATO, etc.	3		714 Avoid war	22
708 Middle East	43		715 World Leader	25
709 Wars post WW2	16		Total	402

SYMBOLIC planks appeared early, prompting the category;
few planks appeared in later plaforms