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What is a party platform, and why do candidates often ignore them?

  • Written by Jennifer Victor, Associate Professor of Political Science, George Mason University
imageSpeaker of the House Paul Ryan closes the Republican National Convention.REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Once again, we’ve reached that point in the political calendar when major parties draft platforms and adopt them at their conventions. The Republicans passed their 2016 party platform by uncontested voice vote on the first night of their convention,...

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