platform

(noun)

A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.

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Examples of platform in the following topics:

  • Coordinating and Promoting Party Policy

    • These organizations are responsible for developing and promoting party platforms, which express the types of views each party embraces.
    • While the planks of platforms do not all necessarily become policies, they can lead to highly politicized debates between parties that become party policy stances.
    • The DNC and RNC coordinate party policy during the Democratic and Republican National Conventions where party platforms are adopted.
    • While relatively little of the party platform is adopted as public policy, the platforms often become politicized because they are more ideological than pragmatic.
  • Uniting Competing Factions Within the Party

    • Parties unite these disparate viewpoints by developing party platforms that outline party positions on issues and the actions leaders will take to implement them if elected.
    • These platforms frequently adopt middle-of-the-road positions to encompass the interests of a diverse range of supporters.
    • Most of the language used in party platforms is generic to appeal to a wide audience while other sections are narrowly written to appeal to certain factions or interest groups in the party.
    • Platforms are created during presidential nominating conventions where delegates have an opportunity to vote on salient issues.
    • Platforms created during presidential nominating conventions unite diverse factions within a party by adopting middle-of-the-road positions on issues and addressing special interest groups in some sections.
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  • The National Convention

    • Political parties hold national conventions to nominate candidates for the presidency and to decide on a platform.
    • Each convention produces a statement of principles known as its platform, containing goals and proposals known as planks.
    • Relatively little of a party platform is even proposed as public policy.
    • Unlike electoral manifestos in many European countries, the platform is not binding on either the party or the candidate.
    • Because it is ideological rather than pragmatic, however, the platform is sometimes itself politicized.
  • Growth Strategy

    • Growth platforms are specifically named initiatives selected by a business organization to fuel revenue and earnings growth.
    • Growth platforms are specifically named initiatives selected by a business organization to fuel revenue and earnings growth.
    • Growth platforms may be strategic or tactical.
    • Strategic growth platforms are longer-term initiatives for high-scale revenue increases.
    • Illustrative examples of growth platforms include:
  • Likeability of Political Candidates

    • In large part, this association is supported by political parties' platforms in the U.S.
    • At the same national convention where parties nominate candidates for president, they formalize a platform enumerating party beliefs and objectives.
    • When a candidate for state or national office affiliates with a party, they are therefore associated with that party's written platform.
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  • Riboswitches

    • The various mechanisms by which riboswitches function can be divided into two major parts including an aptamer and an expression platform.
    • The binding of the aptamer to the target molecule results in a conformational change of the expression platform, thus affecting gene expression.
    • The expression platforms, which control gene expression, can either be turned off or activated depending on the specific function of the small molecule.
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