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The parties generally adhere to their platforms both during the campaign and while in office
the third party dies down
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Party platform
In the United States, political parties make statements on their views concerning public policies and what changes they may seek to make. During Presidential conventions, the party makes known its positions and what changes they want to make. This is contained in the party's "platform".
With regard to political parties, demographic support refers to the kinds of people who are most likely to support the party's ideas. For instance, the demographic for the Republican party is usually blue collar workers, who are religious and conservative.
Generally speaking, the Democratic Party believes in significant restrictions on the right to bear arms ("strict" gun control), while the Republican party believes only in restrictions on criminal ownership of guns ("lax" gun control). Note that both of the above are generalizations of the national Party platforms - local party platforms and the beliefs of individual politician members of both parties can differ widely from the national party platforms.
There are a few populist that is similar to political platforms. The main populist would be farmers.
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The general statements of a political party's philosophy and calls is called the party platform. The planks, or individual issues, serve as a means of drawing particular demographics that agree with their platform to join and support the party.
The institutional characteristics are national party leadership, party platforms, and parties at the state and local level.