Party Conventions. There are many for the major political parties.
A major party will adopt some of its ideas.
To nominate the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, as well as to adopt a statement of party principles and goals known as the platform and adopt the rules for the party's activities, including the presidential nominating process for the next election cycle.
No. The state Republican Party platform for South Carolina calls for denying same-sex couples the right to marry, form civil unions or domestic partnerships, have their relationships legally recognized, adopt children or serve as foster parents.
A writtten statement of a political parties beliefs and positions is called its "platform".
It is usually referred to as its manifesto.
The party platform is written every four years.
TheAmerican peoplewill never knowingly adopt Socialism. But, under the name of 'Liberalism', they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation withoutknowing how it happened. I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform.
This outline is called the party platform. The individual points in the platform are called planks. The platform tells what the party stands for in its bid for election. It is usually forgotten after the election is over.
The platform committee develops and writes the principles and policies for the party platform.
In their party's platform.
No. Even though same-sex marriage is legal in California, the official Republican party platform calls for denying same-sex couples the right to marry, to have their marriages recognized, to have joint custody of their children, to adopt children and to receive benefits available to other married couples.