Because education policymakers, whether elected or appointed, are immersed in partisan politics, and political party platform planks reflect the views of party leaders and loyalists. While state ...

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 ...

Party platforms matter because they reflect the general consensus of party members nationwide, but they are competing with an array of other intra-party actors and groups that struggle to leave the… ...

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 ...

Political party “platforms,” as we know them today, began in 1840, with DNC candidate Martin Van Buren. In 1856, the GOP issued their first platform.

BUTTE — The Montana Democratic Party on Saturday updated its party platform by a wide and enthusiastic consensus, but the political power wielded by Republicans hung omnipresent over the convention.