I have attended five national party conventions over the years — from 1964 in San Francisco to 2000 in Philadelphia. I worked as staff on platform and rules committees for House members who were also ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Delegates at the Democratic National Convention voted Monday night to approve their 2024 party platform, which lays out familiar priorities for the party but wasn’t updated to reflect ...

Recreational reading, they are not. But if you want to cut through some of the election spin and get an idea of what each political party "officially" stands for, party platforms are a good place to ...

The Republican National Convention starts today in Milwaukee. For the first time since 1980, and at the insistence of former President Donald Trump, the GOP's platform will not include support for a ...

Delegates for the Democratic National Convention voted to approve their 2024 platform without editing the language to reflect that President Biden is not running for re-election. The 2024 party ...

In what can be a confusing election year, the nationâÄôs political parties want to make their positions on the issues clear. Party platforms, created during each presidential election, are meant to ...

The policy platform adopted Monday at the Democratic National Convention is unlikely to sway many voters, but it does offer some insights into how the party is attempting to move toward the center on ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – My mom was a lifelong Democrat. She never missed a ballot and worked at the polls every election into the early hours of the next day to count and verify votes cast. When I was about ...

Every election season, we are flooded with campaign ads, slogans, sound bites and more. Candidates at all levels work hard to appear independent-minded, insisting they will “fight for the people and ...

The Republican National Committee had a bad start to their Friday night when, just around supper time, Politico's James Hohmann and Tony Romm discovered a draft of the party platform on the RNC's ...

In a key speech to the party faithful on Saturday, the Labor leader resisted the urge to make a bold policy announcement, ...