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joshcryer

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4. The President represents the Platform.

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 07:16 AM

Mar 2014

And the Platform is composed (mostly) and ratified (by sitting delegates) at every Democratic Convention. Which are held on Presidential Election Years.

The nuances of American Party Politics and Representative Democracy are kind of boring. But a nice civics lesson.

Next time there's a DNC stay and watch the voting stuff, it's fun, even if it's really boring.

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Democratic Party National Platform [View all] functioning_cog Mar 2014 OP

Actually, my Google was working fine, but I was looking for the 2014 platform. Scuba Mar 2014 #1

Even when I had 2014 in search term it came up. functioning_cog Mar 2014 #2

Yes, I learned something, again. Scuba Mar 2014 #3

There's usually a running draft though. joshcryer Mar 2014 #5

The President represents the Platform. joshcryer Mar 2014 #4