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What are political parties' platforms – and do they matter?

  • Written by Marjorie Hershey, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Indiana University
imageAt the 2016 Democratic National Convention, a delegate holds up a copy of the Democratic Party Platform.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Political parties’ platforms – their statements of where they stand on issues – get little respect. President Donald Trump mused recently that he might shrink his party’s platform from 66 pages...

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