Great posts above. Also, in formulating a party platform,
there is a process that starts at the precinct and county level, then works up to the
state and national conventions. Delegates present at each of these levels can vote yes
or no to each proposed "plank" or policy statement. So you end up with 50 platforms
from the states, and these are consolidated and weeded through at the national
convention during the week until a national platform is
adopted.
I have been in on the first two levels of that
process, and it is both interesting and encouraging to see a democratic idea form at the
grass roots level. At the national level during an election campaign, and in the modern
day of internet/tweeting/YouTube and television, parties don't need to be as clear in
their ideas as they used to be. So platforms aren't talked about that
much.
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