Party platform
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A party platform is a list of the principles which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said party's candidates voted into office. This often takes the form of a list of support for, or opposition to, controversial topics. Individual topics are often called planks of the platform.
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Famous party platforms
- Franklin Roosevelt's 1932 New Deal
- The 1993 Liberal Party of Canada Red Book
- The 1994 United States Republican Party's Contract with America
- Mike Harris's 1995 Common Sense Revolution
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