New Deal Democrat
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New Deal Democrat refers to a member of the Democratic Party who supported Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies of expansive federal government intervention to address the Great Depression.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Deal Democrat canonical | 5 |
| New Deal liberalism | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T988333 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Deal Democrat Context triple: [Henry T. Rainey, politicalAlignment, New Deal Democrat]
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A.
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of ambitious economic and social programs in the United States during the 1930s that expanded the federal government's role in response to the Great Depression.
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B.
New Deal coalition
The New Deal coalition was a dominant mid-20th-century U.S. political alliance of urban workers, ethnic minorities, Southern whites, and other groups that reliably supported the Democratic Party and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies.
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C.
Roosevelt administration
The Roosevelt administration refers to the U.S. presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945, marked by the New Deal reforms and leadership during the Great Depression and World War II.
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D.
Administrator of the Works Progress Administration
The Administrator of the Works Progress Administration was the top federal official responsible for directing the New Deal agency that funded and managed large-scale public works and employment programs during the Great Depression in the United States.
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E.
National Recovery Administration
The National Recovery Administration was a U.S. New Deal agency created during the Great Depression to regulate industry, set fair wages and prices, and promote economic recovery.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Deal Democrat Target entity description: New Deal Democrat refers to a member of the Democratic Party who supported Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies of expansive federal government intervention to address the Great Depression.
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A.
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of ambitious economic and social programs in the United States during the 1930s that expanded the federal government's role in response to the Great Depression.
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B.
New Deal coalition
The New Deal coalition was a dominant mid-20th-century U.S. political alliance of urban workers, ethnic minorities, Southern whites, and other groups that reliably supported the Democratic Party and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies.
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C.
Roosevelt administration
The Roosevelt administration refers to the U.S. presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945, marked by the New Deal reforms and leadership during the Great Depression and World War II.
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D.
Administrator of the Works Progress Administration
The Administrator of the Works Progress Administration was the top federal official responsible for directing the New Deal agency that funded and managed large-scale public works and employment programs during the Great Depression in the United States.
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E.
National Recovery Administration
The National Recovery Administration was a U.S. New Deal agency created during the Great Depression to regulate industry, set fair wages and prices, and promote economic recovery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Democratic Party faction
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political alignment ⓘ political ideology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
New Deal coalition ⓘ Southern Democrats ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Democrats (historical)
labor unions ⓘ urban political machines ⓘ working-class voters ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
conservative Democrat
ⓘ
fiscal conservative ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
federal responsibility to manage economic crises
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government should provide relief, recovery, and reform ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| goal |
protect vulnerable populations during economic downturns
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use federal power to stabilize the economy ⓘ |
| historicalContext | response to the Great Depression in the United States ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Great Depression ⓘ |
| ideology |
American liberalism
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progressivism ⓘ |
| opposesIdeology | laissez-faire capitalism ⓘ |
| policyFocus |
agricultural support programs
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banking reform ⓘ economic recovery ⓘ job creation ⓘ poverty reduction ⓘ |
| politicalSpectrumPosition | center-left ⓘ |
| supportsConcept |
Social Security
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collective bargaining ⓘ expansive federal government intervention ⓘ federal jobs programs ⓘ labor rights ⓘ public works programs ⓘ regulation of financial markets ⓘ social safety net ⓘ unemployment insurance ⓘ welfare state ⓘ |
| supportsPolicy | New Deal ⓘ |
| supportsPolitician |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| supportsProgram |
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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Civilian Conservation Corps ⓘ Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ Glass–Steagall Act ⓘ National Labor Relations Act ⓘ Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ Works Progress Administration ⓘ |
| timeframe |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Deal Democrat Description of subject: New Deal Democrat refers to a member of the Democratic Party who supported Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies of expansive federal government intervention to address the Great Depression.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Justice William O. Douglas (in part and dissenting in part)
→
politicalAlignment
→
New Deal Democrat
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subject surface form:
William O. Douglas
this entity surface form:
New Deal liberalism
this entity surface form:
New Deal liberalism