Exploring the relevance of party platforms in national conventions. Do they matter anymore? A look at the history and evolution of platforms.

Why are such positions important for the quality of climate change education? Because education policymakers, whether elected or appointed, are immersed in partisan politics, and political party ...

Though largely unread, political party platforms are a vital clue about which groups hold real power in the two major national parties and can help predict what the government will actually do.

Political parties’ platforms – their statements of where they stand on issues – get little respect. In 2020, then-President Donald Trump mused he might shrink his party’s platform from 66 ...

Republicans have replaced the traditional party platform with MAGA screed. The RNC adopted a 16-page collection of Trump campaign talking points, complete with heavy and eccentric capitalization ...

The Republican Party has changed its official platform on abortion, taking a less extreme position that reflects both former President Donald Trump's statements on the issue and the new political ...

The platform contains almost 250 planks, or policy goals. Delegates debated the contents of the 50-page document late into Friday after a protracted election for party leadership delayed business.

Though largely unread, party platforms are a vital clue about which groups hold real power in the two major national parties and can help predict what the government will actually do.